The role of Teachers and School Libraries in Promoting Reading for Enjoyment: Secondary by Jessica Lonard https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey en-us 2022-08-22 11:11:57 UTC 2026-01-10 23:13:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 3. Whose responsibility is it to decide what is appropriate for students to read? serenaahern https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283507709 2022-09-05 22:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283507709 4. What strategies can libraries use to support the integration of reading for pleasure in the busy school curriculum? serenaahern https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283508944 2022-09-05 22:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283508944 5. How can teacher librarians work with families to support students' reading for pleasure? serenaahern https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283509463 2022-09-05 22:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283509463 1. In your experience what are the key influences and challenges in connecting students to books? serenaahern https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283510952 2022-09-05 23:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283510952 2. When selecting books for the school library what sources of information about books do you use? This is an opportunity to add to your preferred selection tools. serenaahern https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283515867 2022-09-05 23:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283515867 6. If you had the opportunity to advise publishers of gaps in the market based on student requests or your observations, what would you suggest? serenaahern https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283516930 2022-09-05 23:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283516930 7. Other points to consider? serenaahern https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283540563 2022-09-05 23:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2283540563 Time lsaintjohn https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285499913 2022-09-07 00:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285499913 1. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285500171 student motivation - lack of

]]> 2022-09-07 00:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285500171 1. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285503081 - Increasing size of cohorts and limited number of TLs
- Whether or not reading and library initiatives are valued by leadership

]]> 2022-09-07 00:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285503081 5. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285503204 *engagement of parent community is not enough throughout schools
*teenagers are also trying to separate from parents and create own identity]]> 2022-09-07 00:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285503204 1. School collection policies can influence students connecting to books https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285504049 2022-09-07 00:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285504049 2. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285505479 Good Reading magazine
Student recommendations - word of mouth, online recommendation forms, physical suggestion box, 
Magpies magazine
Experts in the field - Paul McDonald
Peer recommendations (students recommending books for their peers)
Instagram (bookstagram)
Guardian]]> 2022-09-07 00:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285505479 1. Accessing the students - beyond lunchtime etc https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285505851 2022-09-07 00:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285505851 1. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285506448 time - tl's time, student time, timetabled classes, teacher's time,
Challenge of English teacher time.]]> 2022-09-07 00:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285506448 Q1. Access to students - For example - TL's on class. Also, library size is small so classes cannot come in very often. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285507411 2022-09-07 00:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285507411 Age-appropriateness https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285509665 2022-09-07 00:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285509665 4. Extra curricular activities such as Premier's Reading Challenge, Kids Lit Quiz, Write a Book in a day, author visits etc. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285511131 2022-09-07 00:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285511131 1. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285511386 powerful staff member on board from elsewhere in school to lobby]]> 2022-09-07 00:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285511386 3. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285511517 Parents
Library staff

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English teachers rarely visit the library
Asset - library technician who reads YA - talks to students  about current YA trends
Responding to student book requests
Positive reading culture: students connecting with books

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lack of opportunity eg. timetabling for library access
- Close connection with the English department
- What are you reading? Discuss for 15 minutes. Good to talk about books. Students need to be guided in asking different questions. Talk about books at the beginning of the wide reading lesson with a top class. Talks after reading too are helpful.
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Literature base
Publisher's websites
Kirkus
Inside a Dog?]]> 2022-09-07 00:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285519094 4. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285519238 Executive support for wide reading during specific periods which are blocked exclusively for reading
Dedicated library lessons that include time used specifically for sustained reading
TL identifying and gathering texts for students to choose that exposes students to the rage of genre, styles and subject matter in the collection]]> 2022-09-07 00:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285519238 Question 2 brownkarina1 https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285519790 The Children's Bookshop
Book Curator
Local bookshops
Children's Book Daily

]]> 2022-09-07 00:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285519790 Q3. TL's, but if a student really wants a book they can read it with parental permission. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285519972 2022-09-07 00:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285519972 5. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285522440 Sending home reading lists to parents
Publishing reading recommendations in the newsletter
Breakfast presentations of suggested titles
Parent/student 'book pack' for parents to read with the student - could be loaned from the library and contained 2/3 copies of the book accompanied by discussion questions
Parents are allowed to and encouraged to borrow from the school library]]> 2022-09-07 00:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285522440 3 https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285524670 Parents? difficult to access and differing ideas
School policies /restrictions
experience readers - tl's, library staff, teaching staff]]> 2022-09-07 00:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285524670 Question 3 brownkarina1 https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285527140 You need support from school leadership ]]> 2022-09-07 00:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285527140 Q4. Have a good relationship with students. Find ways to promote new books to all students across the schools. Is challenging with limited access. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285528575 2022-09-07 00:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285528575 Q5. Via newsletter articles. Some parents have been advised that they can listen to an audiobook with their child in the car. reading lists for parents are useful. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285531123 2022-09-07 00:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285531123 Q2 -- Is it responsibility of TL's, classroom teachers or parents to "censor" books? https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285532985 2022-09-07 00:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285532985 6. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285534375 Funny stories
Misalignment between heavy themes and younger style of writing

]]> 2022-09-07 00:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285534375 I say to the pupils; I never censor but I do guide. And eventually... that works ... https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285538157 2022-09-07 01:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285538157 6. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285538333 some are over - reduction in quality as a series continues
characters are too predictable
editors need to do a better job.
tick a box of every teen issue
over used plot devices
cli -fi popular 
need for positivity in books, themes
good friendship role modelling
positive indigenous role modelling
more humour within novels.
7-9 boy fiction gap]]> 2022-09-07 01:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285538333 Q6. Shorter stories that are obviously engaging, Hi-Lo, more sport fiction. https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285538635 2022-09-07 01:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285538635 Question 4 brownkarina1 https://padlet.com/MrsLonard/rg8btwnbdhpgk0ey/wish/2285538825 Principal's Reading Challenge
Choice
Champion reading - extra curricular activity 
Lunch for Year 7 (encourage reading & playing games) discourage laptops @ lunch
Year 7 Reading program



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