Promote Reading: activities and strategies to motivate reading edited by Pat Pledger
Pledger Consulting, 2012. ISBN 978 1 876678 27 2.
Highly recommended. Promote Reading is an invaluable resource for
teacher-librarians, librarians and teachers alike, in the National
Year of Reading. The variety of strategies outlined and their
interactive nature are just two of the highlights within this
collection of ideas.
I was particularly taken with the ideas involving digital technology
such as QR Codes, Wordle, Pinterest and Glogging and I am looking
forward to introducing these to my students. Links are given to
print and digital resources while the content throughout is fresh
and relevant with reference to the Australian Curriculum and
emerging technologies.
The ideas suggested within this resource can be undertaken in either
a short time frame such as within a lesson (Wordle, Shelf talkers
and the Graffiti wall) or can be incorporated over time into a unit
of work (Literature Circle: Year 5 Australian Colonies, Book Clubs
and the Book Week passport). They are appealing to even the most
reluctant reader and staff are provided with inviting, practical and
creative strategies to assist them in promoting reading to students
from R to 12.
This resource is very much like an inviting pool on a hot summer's
day - you are encouraged to dip into it again and again.
Tara Burton