For+Teachers

Blogs and Websites:
[|All Ages Graphic Novels] [|Rick Riordan Myth & Mystery] [|BoysRead.org] Developing a New Generation of Literate Men [|The Book Whisperer Blog] from Teacher Magazine online [|Teenreads.com] [|Out from the Comic Shop - Comics in the Classroom] [|The Graphic Classroom] [|Graphic Novel Reporter] [|BookIt - Reading Incentive Programs] [|Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2010] Reading Rockets: Reading Comprehension & Language Arts Teaching Strategies for Kids

[|Getting Boys to Read] [|Reading is for the Boys] (and Girls)! Webquest for Educators [|Books for Boys] - Great Books that Boys Like to Read [|Almost Can't Miss Sure Shot Books for Boys] on James Patterson's [|Read Kiddo Read] ning [|Scary, Gross, and Enlightening: An Internet Hotlist on Books for Boys] by Deborah B. Ford [|Librarians Recommend Books for Boys] from About.com [|Lifelong Literacy] - Library of Congress [|The Big Read] - National Endowment for the Arts
 * [|radio show] about Tobias Wolff's //Old School//

Articles:
[|Calls for the Death of Reading Logs]

Books:

 * //Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men// by Michael W. Smith
 * //Boys & Literacy: Practival Strategies for Librarians, Teachers, & Parents// by Elizabeth Knowles
 * //Connecting Boys with Books: What Libraries Can Do// by Michael Sullivan
 * //Connecting Boys with Books 2: Closing the Reading Gap// by Michael Sullivan
 * //Going with the Flow: How to Engage Boys (and Girls) in their Literacy Learning// by Michael W. Smith
 * //Misreading Masculinity: boys, literacy, and popular culture// by Thomas Newkirk
 * //Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices// by Ralph Fletcher
 * //Readicide: How Schools are Killing Readers and What You Can Do About It// by Kelly Gallagher
 * All of the above titles are available from the Fenn School Library **

//[|The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child]// by Donalyn Miller [|Best Books for Boys A Resource for Educators] by Matthew D. Zbaracki; foreword by Jon Scieszka [|To be a Boy to be a Reader] by William G. Brozo [|Sterling Point Books] (publisher of Nonfiction choices for boys)

[|Boys and Literacy]
By [|Liz Bulkley] on Tuesday, December 19, 2006. Boys are influenced by popular culture differently from girls. We'll look at how their general preferences for adventure stories -- with battles and violence -- can work against them, especially within the traditional school system. Our guests are Ralph Fletcher, author of [|Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices] and UNH Professor Tom Newkirk, author of [|Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy, and Popular Culture]. Listen: [|Windows Media] | [|MP3]

[|Nonfiction Books for Teens] - podcast from ReadWriteThink (ages 11-18)

Lesson Plans:
[|10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports]

Book Clubs - Book Programs:
[|Massachusetts Children's Book Awards List 2010 (pdf)]