It challenges many damaging practices that have become norms in our nations classrooms, offering insightful, practical ways for. Nov 25, 2012 in book love, kittle explains her rationale for the reading program she has developed for her high school english classroom. Penny kittle teacher, author, advocate notebook work. Penny kittle wants us to face the hard truths every english teacher fears. The show focuses on the value of reading in a student s life when that child has access to books and skilled teachers who are committed to rich and rewarding reading lives for their students. This fiveminute video captures the reason my husband and i created the book love foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to putting books in the han. Shop the latest titles by penny kittle at alibris including hardcovers, paperbacks, 1st editions, and audiobooks from thousands of sellers worldwide. While our youngest students approach reading with excitement, by middle school and high school, research reveals more students read less and less. The unexpected power of reading conferences edutopia. Introductory materials elements of a reading workshop to increase stamina, fluency, and joy o this handout will provide you with the basics of the readers workshop model as outlined by penny kittle, author of book love. In 2015, penny received the exemplary leader award from the conference on english leadership of the national council of teachers of english. Apr 18, 2016 chapter 8 of book love by penny kittle begins with kittle telling the reader about the big idea book in her classroom.
She is the coauthor of 180 days with kelly gallagher, and is the author of book love, and write beside them, which won the james britton award. The big one is that our main job is to create lifelong readers kittle 16. Penny kittle penny kittle s book love is the reason the english department is changing to independent reading ladders. I especially like how you take students through the process of determining books difficulty. Penny kittle recommendations books showing 150 of 61 identical hardcover by. In book love, penny kittle wrote, i believe every child in america needs access to books that will keep them turning pages, racing to the end, discovering new. Book love is fueled by a passion for reading and the belief that every student deserves to live a rich literary life. Penny kittle in book love penny takes student apathy head on, first by recognizing why students dont read and then showing us that when we give kids books. Book love foundation po box 2575, north conway, nh 03860. I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity, and hunger, and ive discovered that it is not too late in high school to lead a nonreader to reading. There are many ideas that i agree with penny kittle in this text.
Penny kittle quotes showing 17 of 7 teenagers want to read if we let them. If you can only read one professional text on independent reading for secondary students, read penny kittle s book love. Book love foundation raising funds for classroom libraries. This fiveminute video captures the reason penny kittle and her husband, pat, created the book love foundation. In book love penny takes student apathy head on, first by recognizing why students dont read and then showing us that when we give kids books that are right for them, along with time to read and regular response to their thinking, we can create a pathway to satisfying reading that leads to more challenging literature and ultimately, a love of reading. Ellen hopkins goodreads author shelved 1 time as pennykittle recommendations. I believe all children deserve books they can and will want to read and teachers that will guide them to improve as readers.
Mar 09, 2021 hosts penny kittle and julia torres and their guests help teachers develop a love of reading in their students. Penny kittle in book love tackles the problem of students who dont read, and offers english teachers tactics to combat this problem. Two teachers and the quest to engage and empower adolescents book love. She was a teacher and literacy coach in public schools for 34 years, 21 of those spent at kennett high school in north conway. She tells us how to stick with what we believe to help our students achieve their fullest potential. If you can read others, look for books or articles written by donalyn miller. Book love foundation choice inspires reading the foundation. Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers, penny kittle took student apathy head on and showed that when students are given books that are right for them, along with the time to read and regular response to their thinking, a pathway to satisfying reading is created that leads to more challenging literature and. Start by helping students find books they love and give them class time to read them. Do your students actually read what is assigned in class. Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers. Developing depth, stamina and passion in adolescent readers asks us to. In concert with this book, kittle and her husband with support from heinemann have established the book love foundation for creating libraries of books that can be donated to classrooms that lack funding and external support.
Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers by penny kittle overview i believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity, and hunger, and ive discovered that it is not too late in high school to lead a nonreader to reading. While her work focuses on upper elementary, it is very transferrable to the middle and high levels. Book love is a call to arms for putting every single kid, no exceptions allowed, on a personal reading journey. Reigniting the love of reading with penny kittle the. Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers by penny kittle 2,585 ratings, 4. Book love print print ebook bundle kittle, penny on. Oct 23, 2020 penny kittle wants us to face the hard truths every english teacher fears. Jun 24, 2018 chapters two and three of penny kittle s book love brought up some very interesting points about student reading and improvement that i truly enjoyed. The book love foundation is dedicated to supporting teachers prek12 who inspire a volume of reading in students both inside and outside of school. She gives quick references and breaks down books into genres and themes. Penny kittle what makes the single biggest difference to student writers. Penny kittle teacher, author, advocate workshop handouts. Teacher, author, advocate book love foundation penny kittle.
Let them read independent reading at the secondary level. Penny kittle has an amazing vision for a shift in the teaching of reading. She defends her choices to prepare her students for college with young adult literature in the face of common core standards. This is the book i wanted when i was first given ninth graders and a list of novels to teach. These three styles of book love reading logs offer you and your students log versatility. This book is intended to be used in older classrooms and geared towards practices used with teenagers. Response to penny kittles book love coffee stains and. Shop amongst our popular books, including 8, inside writing, book love and more from penny kittle.
In fact, adaptation of one of penny s most powerful suggestions can help knit together a community of remote, independent readers just as it does in regular classroom situations. Penny s story is about her high school classroom and the costumes her students wear. During subsequent years, i designed the other two styles as a universal design for kids w. In book love, penny kittle wrote, i believe every child in america needs access to books that will keep them turning pages, racing to the end, discovering new ideas and learning to understand the diversity in our world. Before reading your post and kittle s book love, id never considered doing that step.
I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity. Penny kittle s book love was written well before our current health crisis, but its ideas remain applicable in and adaptable to todays conditions. Kittle argues that while districts and politicians and community members can become obsessed with test data. Oct 26, 2012 penny kittle in book love tackles the problem of students who dont read, and offers english teachers tactics to combat this problem. Those who cram the classics down students throats long before they are ready are. May 04, 2019 reading book love was a reckoning that made me reevaluate what i had been doing for the last five years, but i found myself agreeing with every statement she made, particularly about how standardized testing plays into education.
This week on the heinemann podcast, were joined by penny kittle, author of book love. Book love, by penny kittle, was an incredibly insightful text set that included teaching practices and words of inspiration for future and present english teachers. Aug 29, 2018 ive tried many accountability measures over the years, including reading logs of various formats, book reports, assorted handouts, and reading quizzes on accelerated reader, but donalyn millers the book whisperer and penny kittle s book love helped me realize why those assessments were so unsatisfying. This is a book of vision and hope and joy, but it is also a book of genre units and minilessons and actual conferences with students. We learn from penny kittle, julia torres, past book love foundation award recipients, and book love foundation friends and authors like cornelius minor, luz yadira herrera and carla espana, kylene beers, randy ribay, chad everett, kelly gallagher, donalyn miller and even john irving as each shares thinking about the moves that inspire and. In book love, penny takes student apathy head on, first by recognizing why students dont read and then showing us that. After reading book love, do not try to be penny kittle. The book love foundation to her credit, penny kittle has put her money where her mouth is, so to speak. Penny is the author of book love and write beside them, which won the james n.
Imagine, as adults, if you were never allowed to read inside out and back again, which won both a john newbery award and the national book award for young. In 2012 penny and her husband founded the book love foundation, a 50c nonprofit foundation with one goal. She gets a bunch of cheap notebooks, and puts major book themes on each of the notebook covers including love, death, coming of age, fate, and etc. First, pick one class in which you can pilot independent reading. I shared parts of it with the students in my young adult literature and would recommend it to my teaching colleagues. Stories from the teaching life with penny kittle, a special edition in this special episode, penny has a conversation with kevin carlson about her writing life, her reading life, and what she considers her most important work in education. The statistical probability of love at first sight hardcover by. It is a show filled with information, inspiration, and book love. Penny kittle teacher, author, advocate podcasts by penny. We provide teacher grants for classroom libraries, making books accessible to.
Penny kittle teacher, author, advocate book love foundation. Identical by ellen hopkins, glass by ellen hopkins, the lovely bones by alice sebold, please ignore vera d. Jan 12, 2021 love of reading does not blossom, conversely, when students are forced to read books only at their reading levels. She is the coauthor of 180 days with kelly gallagher, and is the author of book love, and write beside them, which. Penny kittle teaches freshman composition at plymouth state university in new hampshire. Kittle encourages her students to read a variety of books, and write about the books themes in the notebooks. Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers 20, since i was most interested in changing the way reading was done in my classroom. Penny kittle does not tell us she has the perfect class with the perfect student. I love the way you take the work of kittle, gallagher, lesesne, and tough a few of my favorite authors, too. Jan 25, 20 the book love foundation to her credit, penny kittle has put her money where her mouth is, so to speak.
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