"Get Johnny Reading!"

"Get Johnny Reading!" is the result of the "Why Johnny Won't Read!" presentation developed by Dr. Peggy Wheelis, Annie Miers, Jan McGee, and Elizabeth Dumas for the 2006 Louisiana LAMP(Library and Media Professionals)Tour. This blog is a forum for sharing ideas and library programing used by K-12 school librarians to motivate boys and other reluctant readers to become actively engaged in reading. Comments are welcomed. To join the blog send your name and email address to: jmcgee@opsb.net.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Ideas to get boys reading - Other blogs' posts

While surfing the blogsphere tonight, I found several other blog posts of interest about "get Johnny reading":
Blogs:
Arthur Slade: Writing for Young Adults
Boys2Read Post
http://arthurslade.blogspot.com/2006/08/boys2read.html
Rockin’ and Readin’ Literature Post
http://arthurslade.blogspot.com/2006/08/rockin-and-readin-literature.html
Tim Fredrick’s ELA Teaching Blog
http://timfredrick.typepad.com/timfredrick/choice/index.html
“Helping Adolescent Boys Be More Engaged in the ELA Classroom”
BookLust
http://storms.typepad.com/booklust/2006/04/i_got_posted_7.html
boys vs. girls reading – “morphing” literacy

Be sure to post your success stories in "get Johnny reading" here!