TAL 404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Success Academy Charter Schools, Louise Rosenblatt, Reader-Response Criticism

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Teaching and Learning
• Course: TAL 404
• Professor: Dr.Post

Document Summary

Adult reading frequency of literary text: most are nonliterary readers ( 54%, some light readers & some frequent readers (12%, few moderate readers (9%, very few avid readers (4%) Readicide: kelly gallagher (2009) describes readicide as the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane , mind-numbing practices found in schools. Today, more than ever, valuable classroom time presents the best opportunity often the only opportunity to turn kids onto reading. Causes of readicide: schools value the development of test-takers more than readers, schools are limiting authentic reading experiences, teachers are overteaching books, teachers are underteaching books. "the flow is where we want all our readers to be: the place where readers have to come up for air. (nancy atwell, the reading zone, 2007) Then they spend another hour and a half writing. They also take music, art, and dance in addition to other subjects like science.