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  • Alameda High School
  • Alameda, CA
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Students in my English class are responsible for reading independently throughout the year. They select their own books for reading. They are given some in class time to read. They write one-pagers (short writing assignments focusing on critical understanding of the text) about their book. The goal is not to write about reading, or think too heavily about reading. The goal is to create lifelong readers. Readicide is described by Kelly Gallagher as, "the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools." I am trying to prevent this from happening to my students through independent reading. As Gallagher says, "People who are undernourished need good food. Readers who are undernourished need good books. Lots of them." In order for reading to become a habit they need a wide range of engaging reading materials. I want to immerse my students in a 'Book Flood' a deluge of reading possibilities. Funding this project will help me to build a classroom library full of high interest literature, non-fiction, and graphic novels.

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Students in my English class are responsible for reading independently throughout the year. They select their own books for reading. They are given some in class time to read. They write one-pagers (short writing assignments focusing on critical understanding of the text) about their book. The goal is not to write about reading, or think too heavily about reading. The goal is to create lifelong readers. Readicide is described by Kelly Gallagher as, "the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools." I am trying to prevent this from happening to my students through independent reading. As Gallagher says, "People who are undernourished need good food. Readers who are undernourished need good books. Lots of them." In order for reading to become a habit they need a wide range of engaging reading materials. I want to immerse my students in a 'Book Flood' a deluge of reading possibilities. Funding this project will help me to build a classroom library full of high interest literature, non-fiction, and graphic novels.

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