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The truth about boys and books: they read less – and skip pages Boys might claim it’s a simple matter of preferring to read magazines or the latest musings of their friends on social media rather than the classics. But two of the largest studies ever conducted into the reading habits of children in the UK have put those excuses to bed. Boys, of every age, no matter the nature of the literature before them, typically read less thoroughly than girls. They take less time to process the words, lazily skipping parts with abandon. And they choose books that are too easy for them, meaning they fail to move on to tougher material, it is claimed. Keith Topping, professor of educational and social research at the University of Dundee, is behind two academic research papers: one using data from 852,295 students in 3,243 schools (a tenth of the 8.4 million children in the UK), and another examining the quiz answers relating to the comprehension of books read by 150,220 children in 967 schools.

London Short Fiction: Mud Man Continuing our series of short fiction set in, or influenced by London. This week’s story by Melaina Barnes is the winner of our competition with the British Academy’s Literature Week to find a new modern fairy tale for London. To explore the Literature Week programme — running 11-17 May — and register for events visit the British Academy’s website. Out he comes, dredged from the canal. Preparing for Discussion The purpose for gathering information to share in the discussion is simple: Before you talk, you do some thinking about what you've read and what you want to talk about with others. Gathering information and keeping track of it involves several simple, yet effective, tools: Return to Making Discussions Work Prompts The easiest way to begin a conversation can simply be to respond to this prompt: "What stood out for you?"

Ny studie kartlägger varför pojkar läser allt mindre Kultur Ungefär samtidigt som 2017 års så kallade Bokprovning hade premiär gavs en ny antologi med titeln "Pojklandet" ut. Bokprovningen är Svenska barnboksinstitutets inventering av det gångna årets utgivning av barn- och ungdomslitteratur. Statistik, teman och tendenser presenteras i föredrags- och rapportform och fjolårets samtliga 2 414 böcker för unga läsare finns att beskåda och bläddra ända in i maj månad på Barnboksinstitutets bibliotek i Stockholm. Litteraturvetaren Magnus Öhrns "Pojklandet" är en sammanställning av nio texter som utforskar böcker för och om pojkar i det som åtminstone förr kallades slukaråldern, det vill säga 9-13-årsåldern.

The Most Popular Book Set in Each State — in One Surprising Map America loves Stephen King, and it especially loves The Stand. As we've found with movies and TV shows, the most popular books set in each state . For every obvious To Kill a Mockingbird, there's the unexpected appearance of a lesser-known novel, like Dan Brown's Digital Fortress in Maryland. represents five — a number only challenged by Neil Gaiman's American Gods, which is set in two. Each state's representative fiction book was chosen based on Goodreads scores for series with over 50,000 ratings.

Discussion Questions for Any Book - Critical Thinking in Literature Highlights Back to School Welcome back to school! Check out our list of Top 10 Things Every Teacher Needs, Bulletin Board Ideas, plus our collections of Icebreakers, Behavior Management Resources, Graphic Organizers, and much, much, more! Roald Dahl Day September 13 marks 100 years since beloved children's author Roald Dahl was born. Skolbibliotek 2014: Biblioteksutveckling i praktiken Johanna Pettersson, bibliotekarie på Ekdalaskolan och Mölnlycke bibliotek, säger att skolbibliotekarien kan bidra med andra perspektiv på läsande och lärande och bör därför vara med och undervisa. Konferensen hölls på Hotel Riverton i Göteborg 18-19 mars 2014. Arrangör: Skolporten. Här kan du skapa egna klipp ur programmet Hjälp

Literature Circles: Getting Started ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, videos, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Reading Guide: Novels About World War One We will never fully understand life in the trenches. We'll never know the smell of the mustard gas, or the sounds of the shells whistling through the air, or the feeling of the heat from the gun barrels. But the talented writers who served in World War I—Ernest Hemingway, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves—permanently altered the literary landscape of the battlefield.