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Gordon, Dale – Literacy Learning: Secondary Thoughts, 1999
Argues that, in addition to teaching reading skills, teachers need to schedule time for children to practice reading. Presents specific guidelines for implementing a Sustained Quiet Uninterrupted and Independent Reading Time (SQUIRT) program which include how to find time, set a purpose, and set procedures. (NH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Reading Habits
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Hazemi, Louise – English Quarterly, 2001
Describes the development of the course Pageturner 9 - Advanced Literacy. Hopes to create a course that allows grade 10 students to inherit the desire/joy/fun of reading still displayed by the author's grade 8 students. Concludes that when adults/teachers show an interest in students' reading worlds, they encourage students to keep reading. (SG)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Attitudes