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I am having a hard time making students accountable for reading, and making students all read the same novel turns them off to reading if they don’t like the novel I choose for them. Student choice has been shown to have the greatest influence on students actually enjoying and participating in reading. I am hoping that these nonfiction books, which I will use in an upcoming nonfiction unit study in the style of a book club, will allow the students to have more choice in the books they read, while still being expected to be held accountable for their reading. Selected titles include “Taking Flight,” “A Long Walk to Water,” and “Outcasts United.” My hope is that through exposure to different nonfiction texts, students will gain an understanding different cultures and experiences from around the world and be able to have dialogue with each other about what they are learning in their daily reading that is interesting, troubling, and inspiring.

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I am having a hard time making students accountable for reading, and making students all read the same novel turns them off to reading if they don’t like the novel I choose for them. Student choice has been shown to have the greatest influence on students actually enjoying and participating in reading. I am hoping that these nonfiction books, which I will use in an upcoming nonfiction unit study in the style of a book club, will allow the students to have more choice in the books they read, while still being expected to be held accountable for their reading. Selected titles include “Taking Flight,” “A Long Walk to Water,” and “Outcasts United.” My hope is that through exposure to different nonfiction texts, students will gain an understanding different cultures and experiences from around the world and be able to have dialogue with each other about what they are learning in their daily reading that is interesting, troubling, and inspiring.

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