Full Description
Get young readers hooked on some of the best titles in juvenile literature, ranging from humor to mystery to fantasy, with unusual and effective methods like games.
Getting students to want to read is one of the greatest challenges facing middle school teachers and librarians. Determining which are the "right books" that can spark a child's mental awakening is also difficult. This book from prolific author Nancy Polette furnishes interesting and fun games to pique students' interest in junior novels that are worth reading—carefully selected titles that will contribute to their educational and emotional growth.
Gateway to Reading: 250+ Author Games and Booktalks to Motivate Middle Readers is a powerful tool for luring middle-school students away from the distractions of 21st-century media and introducing them to junior or 'tween novels that they won't be able to put down. By presenting children with a challenge to engage their minds—racing to decode book titles, or using their creativity to come up with titles of their own, for example—students are naturally drawn towards reading these books from well-known children's authors.
Contents
Introduction
Lloyd Alexander
Avi
Betsy Byars
Andrew Clements
Bruce Coville
Sharon Creech
Christopher Paul Curtis
Roald Dahl
Cynthia DeFelice
Kate DiCamillo
Sid Fleischman
Paula Fox
Neil Gaiman
Jean Craighead George
Patricia Reilly Giff
Jamie Gilson
Mary Downing Hahn
Karen Hesse
Johanna Hurwitz
Peg Kehret
Kathryn Lasky
Lois Lowry
Patricia MacLachlan
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Scott O'Dell
Mary Pope Osborne
Katherine Paterson
Gary Paulsen
Willo Davis Roberts
Ron Roy
Jon Scieszka
Gloria Skurzynski
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Jerry Spinelli
Mildred D. Taylor
Theodore Taylor
Barbara Brooks Wallace
Bill Wallace
Betty Ren Wright
Laurence Yep
Authors and Titles with Publishing Information
Index
