Lesson plans support Teen Read Week

October 15-21 marks Teen Read Week, an annual celebration of reading sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. This year's celebration revolves around the theme "Get active @ your library."

For materials and suggestions to support your celebration of reading during Teen Read Week (and all year round), visit the ReadWriteThink.org website, which is administered jointly by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English, in partnership with the Verizon Foundation. The site, which is part of the MarcoPolo program, offers hundreds of peer-reviewed language arts lesson plans for K-12 educators.

From short stories to novels to poetry to literary criticism, the lesson plans below will get your students excited and exploring books at the library:

“A High-Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying in Schools”

“Analyzing Character Development in Three Short Stories About Women”

“Critical Reading: Two Stories, Two Authors, Same Plot?”

“In Literature, Interpretation is the Thing”

“Pairing Fiction With Poetry and Performance”

“Review Redux: Introducing Literary Criticism Using Reception Moments”

For further information about Teen Read Week in general, visit the following page on the American Library Association's website.