“…as a serious screenwriter, you can no longer afford to regard movies as something you only do when you have a date on Saturday night.” Michael Hauge In Michael Hauge’s Writing Screenplays That Sell, he says, The same principles apply across writing sectors. Taylor’s books have sold in excess of a million copies, been number one on Amazon Kindle, Kobo, iBooks and Google Play and have been translated into over 25 languages. Critics suggested she should forget about becoming an author.
Taylor strongly recommended analyzing your favorite books as a method of learning, saying it created the biggest leap forward in her writing.Īt first, she received disheartening negative feedback about her early work.
I read The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild last summer, and although most of her methods and attitudes aligned with the way I already run my reader's workshop, it was highly motivating to have confirmation in my approach towards reading.During a keynote speech at the 2016 Festival of Writing, C.L. If you need more encouragement for creating an environment where kids grow in their love of reading (and believe me, their test scores will too when it's not all about increasing reading rates and getting good at multiple choice tests), I highly recommend reading Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer. I focus on the concept of belonging, but the book is a hoot and the kids love it! I always read Big Al by Andrew Clements on the first day of school. I mean really, it is so important to choose read alouds that make kids laugh and that are just enjoyable!ĭuring the first two weeks of school, I read aloud to my students at least twice a day, focusing one of my read alouds on behavior and building community and the other on, you guessed it-our reading life! How do I begin to set up my year with an environment that encourages kids to become readers and that keeps the fire in the belly of those kids who already have a strong love of reading? This means that I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to. Note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. Teachers, attitude is EVERYTHING, and what you think and say, you materialize.īy 4th and 5th grade, most of my students have overcome the struggles of reading words, but many of them still need to develop stamina, quite a few struggle to find "just the right" book that will keep their attention, and a few have fluency issues that cause reading to be a laborious task. In my conversations with other teachers on the playground or at lunch, you will never find me saying "He just doesn't like to read." or "She is just not a reader." I won't even say, "That kid HATES reading," even if it might be true.
I think the biggest change maker for my kiddos compared to what I've observed in other teachers is that I just believe "EVERY CHILD A READER" and that this is my ultimate mission and it is MY JOB to make it true.
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An onlooker might just think having a classroom full of readers is magic, or it's easy, or all of those kids were already readers, and that's just not true! I expect all of my students to fall in love with reading, but to want that is one thing to make it happen takes a little more work (or planning or time, however you want to define work!). When I launch writer's workshop, I'm mentally ready for a large chunk of my students to have a strong distaste for writing, knowing that getting them to buy into the enjoyment that can come from a worthwhile writing life is my first battle.Īnd in reading, I know that I will have some students who do not enjoy reading and have not yet developed a strong relationship with books. In math, I expect my students to be ready to persevere through the hard stuff, to have GRIT, and to develop a passion for math, but I am prepared for the realities that they have not had a lot of challenge and rigor in previous years.
MY FIRST STEPS TO READING BOOKZ HOW TO
When I'm preparing for the beginning of the year and thinking about how to get my routines and procedures underway, I have to admit that I spend more time focused on the feelings and attitudes that I want to exist in each subject area than detailing every little step on a lesson plan.
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