Top Reads and Trends

Paul MacdonaldM Ed B Ed

The Children’s BookshopBeecroft

Reflections….Ten Trends and Ten Top Reads

October 2010October 2010

1. The National CurriculumLiterature Offers a Core

EnglishThe Shape of the Australian Curriculum: English,

proposed that K-10 curriculum in English be organised around three interrelated strands:

Language: The Language strand involves the development of a coherent, dynamic and evolving body of knowledge about the English language and how it works.

Literature: Students learn to interpret, appreciate, evaluate and create literary texts such as narrative, poetry, prose, plays, film and multimodal texts, in spoken, print and digital/online contexts.

Literacy: Students apply their English skills and knowledge to read, view, speak, listen to, write and create a growing repertoire of texts.

Encountering literary texts and creating their own will engage students

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Asian and Indigenous

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2. E- Books and Multi- Modal Texts/ Multi-Platform Texts

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Students who get inadequate sleep and spend too much time watching TV or doing activities online do worse in school than their peers who get plenty of

sleep and avoid excessive TV/ screen viewing.

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3. The Picture Book is Booming!

4. Easy Reads Abound

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5. Rude and Funny Books

6. Serious Issues

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7. Graphic Novels/ Manga

8. Action Rules

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… and Dystopian Fantasy

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9. Twilight Spin-offs

10. A Face-Lift for Non-Fiction

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“Children who know adults who read for pleasure take it for granted that

reading is a valuable and worthwhile activity” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1991)

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Extension

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Paul MacdonaldM Ed B Ed

The Children’s BookshopBeecroft

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