Getting the buggers to read. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Claire Senior.
• Other Names: Senior, Claire
• Contents: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The importance of reading""; ""Reluctant readers""; ""Part One: Whole School""; ""2 Reading autobiography""; ""3 Creating a reader-friendly school""; ""4 Events ""; ""Shadowing the Carnegie Award""; ""5 Reading Festivals""; ""Inviting authors""; ""Preparation for day of visit/day of visit""; ""Competitions""; ""Theme""; ""Sponsorship""; ""Timetables""; ""Staff/student involvement""; ""Bookfair""; ""Cross-curricular activities""; ""6 World Book Day""; ""BookCrossing""; ""Lessons during the day""; ""Spread the Word!'"" ""7 A reading quiz""""8 Reading Mastermind""; ""9 Books over Breakfast""; ""Reluctant readers""; ""Training helpers""; ""Meetings""; ""Paired reading""; ""Part Two: In the Classroom""; ""10 The reader-friendly classroom""; ""Display""; ""Reading influences""; ""Choosing books""; ""More reluctant readers""; ""11 Class libraries/book boxes""; ""Choosing books for a class library""; ""Comics""; ""Graphic novels""; ""Poetry""; ""Audio books""; ""12 Reading plays""; ""13 Private reading activities""; ""14 Computers and reading""; ""Computer games"" ""Using the internet for reading-related research""""Reading groups on the internet""; ""15 The shared class reader""; ""Part Three: Reading into Writing""; ""16 Boys into Books""; ""17 Reading and writing in genres""; ""18 Writing for younger audiences""; ""19 Using novel openings""; ""Part Four: Wider Opportunities""; ""20 Reading challenges""; ""21 Reading groups""; ""22 Libraries""; ""23 Creating buyers of books""; ""24 Key Stage 5""; ""25 Final thoughts""; ""Appendix""; ""Book suggestions""; ""Books with a strong evocation of place""; ""Useful websites mentioned in the text""
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 204 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 372.41/60941; Reading (Elementary) -- Great Britain; Reading (Elementary) -- Activity programs; EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Reading & Phonics; EDUCATION -- Language Experience Approach; Reading (Elementary); Reading (Elementary) -- Activity programs; Great Britain; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441100184; 1441100180
• Related ISBNs: 9781847060570; 1847060579
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 197) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.