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Reading Is Cool: Meeting The Needs Of Modern Students Through Book Clubs In The Secondary English Classroom, Hannah Moore
Reading Is Cool: Meeting The Needs Of Modern Students Through Book Clubs In The Secondary English Classroom, Hannah Moore
Hannah Moore
English teachers have the daunting task of instilling critical media literacy skills into a generation of students who are less engaged and more distracted than ever before. The 21st-century student lives in a digitally-saturated environment that has been integrated into their identity. Not only do English teachers need to break through a wall of distraction but also instill critical reading, writing, speaking and listening skills that are only brought about from the absorption and understanding of literary texts. Teachers at the secondary level are often overlooked in the instruction and lack the tools required to engage this new kind of …