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Session B2 - room 2A31 Session 2
Attendees; Victoria, (EMS) Vicki (EMS), Julie ( QP Dukan), Jacob (QNL), mahmoud shaker (abu baker asdeeq preparotery school) Nerine (ISL QAtar), Faten, (QNL), Noor (QNL)
Session 2 Encouraging a resding culture
Convert secondary collection to genre division
Students generally do not want to read online
Publishers of Arabic books
Kalemat
Dar AL Hadaeq
Dar Al Salwa
Academy International
Al Shorooq
Asala
Dar Noon
Guided Reading Programme very successful
Reading Corner
Sustained silent reading programme
Drop Everything and Read
Challenge the Librarian
If the librarian gives you a book to read and you like it, the librarian wins; if you don't like it, the librarian wins -you get a bookmark
Find the book that will hook them
Battle of the Books - EMS initiative
Students write reviews
5 skills for reading readiness
Reading, writing , singing, talking,and playing.
Arab Reading challenge:
http://www.srsdubai.ae/arab-reading-challenge.html
Dramatise books - costumes school production
Rogue Readers - students go into character and present a book thay have been reading - dress up and share the book with visitors to tehir table/booyh
Monthly value - dramatise a chapter of a book based on that value - assembly or break time.
Desire to create a shelf of books that will not offend any parent and will deal with values that parents want to impart to their children
Take students out of school - trips, events to encourage readers