Title: Where can I find new ideas for English book lists and wide-reading lists?
Abstract: Text selection for years 7 to 10 can be a tricky business. English teachers are avid readers by nature but sometimes it is very difficult to find time to read, let alone keep up with the latest publications and news from the world of adolescent literature. I have gradually developed a few strategies to help decide my own reading as well as offer suggestions to my students. My email box fills with publisher updates. Sometimes I get a chance to peruse the list of new releases; sometimes I don't and the emails disappear into the ether. Facebook has proved a more successful option for me. Gradually the number of publishers and bookshops I 'like' has grown and their posts seem more colourful and engaging than emails. Accompanying photos, posters and cartoons can also be useful. There are also other websites I sometimes graze for ideas as well as the adolescent fiction magazines the library staff pop in my pigeonhole. The magazines can pile up just like the emails, but here and there, it is rather relaxing to dip into one and increase the reading wish list. My students are naturally a great source of ideas. We all love the student who bounces into class and announces, 'I've just finished this fantastic book. You've all got to read it'. But the reality is that some students don't find reading to be such an affirming experience; they struggle to finish that compulsory class text or head straight for the Where's Wally? books in library lessons. I don't have the solution for this dilemma but I do hope you find some sparks of inspiration from the following list that is by no means definitive.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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