Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School

31 Kelly Gallagher Bill Ferriter-Reviewer 2003 Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School Bill Ferriter, a North Carolina NBCT, describes how the author and his students came up with nine reasons for reading: it’s rewarding, it builds a mature vocabulary, it makes you smarter, it prepares you for the world of work … and then the author came up with 40 5-to-20-minute “mini-lessons” to emphasize these reasons.<o:p></o:p> Citation: Ghallager, K. (2003). Reading lessons: Motivational mini-lessons for middle and high school. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.<o:p></o:p>   <o:p></o:p>