Reading is fun! We read for enjoyment, to laugh, and because
we want to have students love reading.
We also want students to see themselves in books, but also to have
empathy for others and understand cultures other than their own. Sharing literature also develops student’s
imagination and develops vocabulary. We
want to develop lifelong readers.
As a reading teacher of
18 years I have understood that getting students to love literature will help
them in their life. Books teach them and
will give them experiences that some of them will never have. I have traveled and experienced many things
through books that I will never experience in real life. As I think about evaluating YA literature I
am becoming more conscious about diversifying my own choices and in turn able
to know more genres and am able to match up a student with a book and hope to
turn the readers who “don’t like to read” into a reader who LOVES to read.
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