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Summer Reading-Magic!
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October 1, 2005
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Copyright informationCopyright Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English Fall 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Keeping teens actively reading and enjoying it over the summer is an important goal, one that concerns teachers, librarians, and parents alike. However, the trick to successfully engaging teens in summer reading is not necessarily a list or an assignment. The magic word here is choice. Linda Williams explains how important the element of choice is in her compelling argument for flexibility in summer reading lists and assignments.
Diane Tuccillo
School summer reading lists have interested me since the early 1990s. I was a children's librarian struggling to support the local schools by making the books on their summer reading lists available. The children and teens that visited my library ...
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