Multimedia-Competency #7
So I am not completely sure if this is a chart or graphic that is considered under the Multimedia Competency, but I found it helpful for my Blog anyways, so I decided to add it on here. I found this on the Department of Education's Website. I thought it was a good representation of what avid readers compared to reluctant readers look like. I mentioned this very webpage earlier in the blog, but went ahead and decided to have the chart actually on here for all to see.

Encouraging Reluctant Readers and Avid Readers

At a Texas Library Association Convention in 1999, Kylene Beers of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Houston outlined basic differences between avid and reluctant readers. These comparisons between avid and reluctant readers may assist when planning literature programs for your students.

Characteristics of Reluctant vs Avid Readers

AVID READERS WANT TO: AVID READERS DO NOTWANT TO: Choose their own books Write book reports Have teacher read aloud a few pages Do many art activities Meet the author Hear the teacher read the entire book aloud Buy books at a book fair Keep a reading journal Go to the library Participate in panel debates, small discussions or share books with a friend RELUCTANT READERS WANT TO: RELUCTANT READERS DONOT WANT TO: Choose their own books from a narrowed choice Meet the author Have teacher read aloud the entire book Buy books a at a book fair Compare movie to book Go to the library Read illustrated books Read for a charity Do art activities based on books Keep a reading journal Read atypical nonfiction material Participate in panel debates, small group discussions or share books with a friend

Reference: LM_NET Archives 7 May 1999

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Works Cited: Department of Education, . (1999, May 7). Encouraging reluctant readers and avid readers. Retrieved from http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/classroom/class5.htm