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Trending Topics:

Blending Student Voice and Choice with YA Lit

Andy Schoenborn

@aschoenborn

Mt Pleasant High School

#MRA2019

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“When students are lost in a book, they stand a good chance of finding themselves.” (Kylene Beers and Bob Probst, Disrupting Thinking)

Finding Yourself in a Book

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What are the topics trending in your life?

Think. Pair. Share.

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Topics Trending in the Lives of Students

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Embracing Vulnerability and Learning to be Brave

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Getting to the HEART of our WHY?

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Calling All Readers!

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Authentic Book Clubs = Choice

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Book Head Heart Framework

SHARED insights from texts

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Maintain Reading Flow with #BookSnaps and BHH

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Make THEIR learning visible

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Confer with Students

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Reading. Collaborating. Learning. Publishing.

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Mentor Texts

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Revise/Resubmit and Reviewer Comments

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Evaluating Growth Territories

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Getting Published: YOU are a Writer!

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Pairing Books with Topics

Ask your PLN

NBC Top Ten Lists

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Trending Topics: High School Perspective

Students

    • read more in Senior year than any other;
    • chose to read outside of school;
    • enjoyed discussions with like minded people;
    • do not use Sparknotes; and
    • fell in love with reading again.

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“Reading belongs to readers, not to teachers. If we want children to see reading as anything more than a school job, we must give them the chance to choose their own books and develop personal connections to reading, or they never will.”

Q&A

Donalyn Miller, “Let My People Read,” Nerdy Book Club post, 2013)

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Trending Topics:

Blending Student Voice and Choice with YA Lit

Andy Schoenborn

@aschoenborn

Mt Pleasant High School

#MRA2019

bit.ly/2EJUrA8

Click or tap images for document links