Chapter 14

"If we listen, we'll hear very specific criteria for what makes a book appealing to a reluctant reader."

In this chapter, Beers talks a lot about what type of books reluctant readers want to read. She also talked a lot about how to encourage students to read more books. One of the ways to do this was to use a read aloud. One of the suggestions she had was to put a lot of expression and excitement into the reading to get student's attention. I was a little surprised by this because I wasn't expecting that much emphasis to be placed on the teacher's reading. Another strategy teachers could use would be the Read and Tease. The teacher would read a chapter or two and then stop at a compelling part in book. The goal is to peak student interest in the book, so they want to read it. I really liked this strategy when we used it in class because I really wanted to know what happened in book. I think it's a very effective way of catching a student's attention and motivating then to read.