I currently teach high school and motivating students in reading is a huge challenge. I started the year off by doing a reading interest survey just to see what my students were interested in and how they viewed literacy all together. It amazed me that 70% of my students showed a small interest in reading anything. The best question that I could ever ask is what types of thing are they interested in. From this, I started buying nagazines and books that would capture my students instead of deter them from wanting to read.
It really made a difference because I was able to bring fun to literacy in my classroom. I started doing at least 4 to 5 workstations at least twice a week that included the; Science Fiction Station, Entertainment Station, Sports Station, Fashion Station, and the Gourmet Station. It may sound far out but, All of my students found interest in each station. Within the stations I had newspaper clips, magazines, short stories and novels that reflected the subject. Students would have to complete assignments in these stations in order to recieve a grade. These strategies improved reading interest in my class within a semester. Looking at my groups' surveys really let me see how students view reading as a whole.
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