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“C AN ’ T W E J UST WATCH
T HE M OVIE ?”
Motivating Students to Read
Literature
Miss Alexandra Stamm
Y OUR A SSIGNMENT
 Take 2 minutes to read the
article in front of you
 There will be a quiz!
H OW
WAS THE ASSIGNMENT ?
 Did you read?
 Overwhelming?
 Piece of cake?
W ELCOME B ACK TO 10 TH
G RADE !
 Assignment: The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
 Difficult Dialect
 About 300 pages in 3 weeks
S TUDENT C OMMENTS
“I’m not reading this!”
“I’ll just use Spark Notes”
“There’s no way I can read this!”
“Yeah, Miss Stamm, not
happening”
“Can’t we just watch the
movie?”
H OW DO I G ET M Y
S TUDENTS TO READ ?
1. Research
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Motivation and reading
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Fun, relevance, support
2. Strategies
Reading+ strategy
3. Measurement: student reading
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4 question plot quizzes
A CTION R ESEARCH P HASE 1:
W HAT SHOULD I DO ?
Strategy Homework
Only
Quiz
Score:
Read in
Library
Journal after
Reading
Read aloud
in Class
A CTION R ESEARCH P HASE 2:
D ID IT WORK ?
Strategy Homework
Only
Read in
Library
Journal after
Reading
Read aloud
in Class
Quiz
Score:
1.87
2.53
1.83
2.1
Psychology Terms: The findings were not statistically significant
English Terms: No strategy worked better than another
W HAT S HOULD T EACHERS
L EARN FROM T HIS ?
 Students will never read.
 Give up.
 JUST KIDDING!
S TUDENTS N EED S UPPORT !
 “Un-overwhelm” them:
 Audio books!
 Opportunities to participate
 Fun and interesting lessons
C ONCLUSION
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No quick fix!
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Individual needs
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Assigning more homework is not
“un-overwhelming”
Audio books
Continue my AR!
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Do lessons in the classroom effect
motivation to read?
B IBLIOGRAPHY
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Bircher, Lisa S. "Reading Aloud: A Springboard to Inquiry." The Science
Teacher (Summer 2009): 29-30. ERIC. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
Cluck, Margaret, and Diane Hess. "Improving Student Motivation through
the Use of the Multiple Intelligences." (2003). ERIC. Web. 15 Mar.
2010.
Dornan, Reade W., Lois Matz. Rosen, and Marilyn J. Wilson. Multiple Voices,
Multiple Texts: Reading in the Secondary Content Areas. Portsmouth,
NH: Boynton/Cook, 1997. Print.
Everett, Susan, and Richard Moyer. "Methods and Strategies." Methods and
Strategies O 42.2 (2009): 48-52. ERIC. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
Herbe, Renee, Mina Thielenhouse, and Thomas Wykert. "Improving
Student Motivation through the Use of the Multiple Intelligences."
(2002). ERIC. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
Jackson, Barbara. "Encouraging Students to Read for Pleasure." Teacher
Librarian 31.3 (2004): 39-40. ERIC. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
Gribble, Brandi. "Students' Perceptions of "Fun" Suggest Possibilities for
Literacy Learning: "You Can Be Entertained and Informed"" Reading
Horizons O/N 49.1 (2008): 71-88. ERIC. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
A NY Q UESTIONS ?
T HANK Y OU !
Dr. Michael
Roessler
Dr. Suellyn Henke
Dr. Kyle Shanton
Jason Moritz
Tracie Cook
Fellow Student
Teachers
Mary Weicht