1. Supporting Reading in
Secondary Schools
Choosing texts and supporting enjoyment of reading
for junior secondary school students
Senga White, Library Manager, James Hargest College

2. Texts at Hargest – Year 9s

3. Texts at Hargest Year 10

4. Resources to help:
Blogs
 Subscribe to a few to keep current with what’s
popular and what’s being published
 Bob’s Books
 Create Readers
 Book Trailers for Kids and Young Adults
 SLANZA Reading Lists

5. Reviewing journals and magazines
 Magpies
 Off the Shelf by Penguin Australia

6. National Library of New Zealand
 Become familiar with the resources on the Services
to Schools website

7. English Online
 Resources for teachers of English
 Subscribe to the listserve to join discussions and ask
questions

8. New Zealand Book Council
 Resources designed for teachers

9. EPIC
 Free to all schools in New Zealand
 Books and Authors & Literature Resource
Databases
 www.tki.org.nz/epic
 Each school has a unique user name and
password

10. Genres
 Short Stories
 Picture Books
 High Interest Non Fiction
 Popular Fiction
 Classics
 Verse Novels
 Graphic Novels
 Quick Reads
 New Books
 Poetry

11. How Hargest Library
supports reading
 Reading for Enjoyment programme
 Collections of resources via Livebinders
 Enjoyment of Reading
 English Text Resources
 Regular library visits
 Book reviews and reading
 Reading competitions

12. Ideas for teachers:
Consider running Literature Circles
Have regular class Book Reviews or
discussions – possibly a class chart
to map reading and genres
Book regular library visits
Read to your classes
Finally ….. Be a reader!!