1. Motivating the Unmotivated Reader
Jolene Jenkins

2. Reading Truths
Everyone is a reader.
Not everyone reads in the same way.
3. You can make a difference.

3. How do you convince that unmotivated, I-hate-to-read-and-you-can’t-change-me reader that reading is good?
You’ve got a school year or maybe just a semester, depending on the class, so how do you do it?

4. You’ve got to hook them!
Simple, right? But how do you do that?

5. Your Bait: Establish a positive reading attitude in your classroom.
Know your students.
Exposure! Exposure! Exposure!

6. Positive Reading Attitude
What is your attitude? Are you enthusiastic and passionate about reading?
Do your students see you reading often?
Have your students ever seen you emotionally react to a book?
Do you have a classroom library?
Are there book displays, posters, lists posted through out your classroom?
Do you ever ‘talk book’ with your students?

7. Know your Students How well do you know your students?
Reader interviews
Do students have a voice when it comes to reading in your classroom? Do they have choice when it comes to reading?
Why Students Don’t Read What’s Assigned in Class

8. Exposure! Exposure! Exposure!
You never know what will hook a student, so you expose them to as many reading possibilities as possible!
Five-minute book talk
Book previews/book trailers
Book pass
Read-alouds

9. Some samples of book trailers:
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
Fallen by Lauren Kate
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Skullduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
Ninth Grade Slays: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve