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The “Little Readers’ Circle”: Infectious Love for Reading in a Middle School Classroom

The “Little Readers’ Circle”: Infectious Love for Reading in a Middle School Classroom

Cecilia Costa, Elena Zezlina
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781466621220|ISBN10: 1466621222|EISBN13: 9781466621237
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch026
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Costa, Cecilia, and Elena Zezlina. "The “Little Readers’ Circle”: Infectious Love for Reading in a Middle School Classroom." Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements, edited by Paolo M. Pumilia-Gnarini, et al., IGI Global, 2013, pp. 307-316. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch026

APA

Costa, C. & Zezlina, E. (2013). The “Little Readers’ Circle”: Infectious Love for Reading in a Middle School Classroom. In P. Pumilia-Gnarini, E. Favaron, E. Pacetti, J. Bishop, & L. Guerra (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements (pp. 307-316). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch026

Chicago

Costa, Cecilia, and Elena Zezlina. "The “Little Readers’ Circle”: Infectious Love for Reading in a Middle School Classroom." In Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements, edited by Paolo M. Pumilia-Gnarini, et al., 307-316. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch026

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Abstract

The “Little Readers’ Circle” was born as an attempt to encourage reading in a class of young adolescents. One of the authors worked in a middle school that served a socially and economically weak area in the North of Italy. The class, in its first year at the school, was composed of 11-to-12-year-olds. Over the course of a school year, one hour a week was spent sharing what had been read at home, presenting books that had been particularly loved, writing quotes on a dedicated poster, reading out favourite passages. Thanks to a well-organised school library and to enthusiastic support staff, all children could access books, some of them reading three books a month. Many even subscribed to the City Library to be able to continue reading over school holidays.

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