Keep Them Reading. . .

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Keep Them Reading. . .

• With Book Swaps!

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Jan WardenLibrary Media SpecialistClaymont
High Schooljwarden_at_claymont.k12.oh.uswww.claymon
t.k12.oh.us/jwarden/index.htm
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Claymont High School

• Southern Tuscarawas County
• Low Wealth District
• Approximately 680 students, grades 9-12
• Little diversity in the student population
• State standing continuous improvement.

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GOALS

• Encourage students to read young adult and
  popular adult books, within their interest areas.
• Encourage students to explore new genres.
• AND . . .

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English Language Arts Standards

• Reading Process benchmarks A-C
• Reading Applications-literacy text, benchmarks
  A-G
• Communications Oral and Visual benchmarks E-G

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Who? 10th Grade Enriched English
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What?

• Book Swaps

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9-Week Grading Period Project

• Involved the students in reading, writing and
  performance
• Students began reading, and they completed
  activities while reading.
• Students promoted the first book to others by
  completing persuasive project.
• Students completed a second project after reading
  the second book.

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Where?

• Began in the library
• Finished in the classroom.

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When?

• . . .last grading period of the school year!

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But . . .

• We began planning in October, when the students
  completed the interest inventories.
• We applied for and received a small local grant
  for books in the fall.
• YA Fiction books became the predominate order
  for the year and were ordered by end of December

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Why?

• Empower the students
• Increase reading for enjoyment purposes
• Motivate them to read outside their perceived
  interest areas
• Interest them in a particular author or genre
• Encourage life-long learning
• Encourage creativity
• Promote YA books

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Getting Started

• Interest Inventory
• We drew on our knowledge of books
• OPLIN-Novelist
• YA booklists
• Genre notebook
• Worked together 3 periods (about 3 hours)

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After the Interest Inventory

• Reviewed each one with the students
• The student then selected one of the 3-6 books
  suggested.
• School library public library purchase
• Option select your own book

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Resources

• ILILE Web Site
• Institute for Library and Information Literacy
  Education
• www.ilile.org

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Pathfinders
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Resources

• Interest Inventory
• Reading Assignment
• Book Swap News Magazine Project
• Scoring rubric
• Book Swap Pathfinder
• ReadWriteThink possible genres character
  traits
• Reading Quiz 1 2

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Getting Started

• Research YA
• Be careful.
• Build your collection.
• Start slowly.
• Be flexible.
• See the final projects
• Savor the moments!