![]() ![]() We must stock our public and school libraries, and even more importantly, our classrooms with high-interest books. If we trust Atwell and the IRA, and I certainly do, we best start spending lots and lots of money on all kinds of books. She references a study conducted by the International Reading Association that shows the single greatest indicator of academic success across contents is the amount of time young people spend reading for pleasure. ![]() Nancie Atwell, my teaching role model and hero, cites a study in her book The Reading Zone. Some of McCall’s students in her school’s media center “tasting” books they may want to read for pleasure. And what better way to facilitate reading and writing than by immersing students in tons and tons of popular fiction? I also really, really want students to take risks and experiment with using their own voices aloud and on paper. ![]() Teaching language arts is about inviting students into the humanities to explore the lives of others and to wrestle with where they belong in this world. ![]()
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