[English] National Reading Day

[Scott Bulfin]

Hi folks,

I'm sure most of you are aware that next week is National Literacy  
and Numeracy Week. This is a joint initiative between DEST, AATE and  
ALEA, and includes National Reading Day. More information on the  
website.

http://www.alea.edu.au/nationalreadingday/

Cheers,

Scott



> National Reading Day is a new event for NLNW 2007.  The event is  
> being developed by the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association 
>  and the  Australian Association for the Teaching of English.
> National Reading Day will be held on Wednesday 5 September 2007,  
> and presents an opportunity for Australian students to read from  
> five books.  The event caters for both primary and secondary  
> students, with books ranging from a picture book for early  
> childhood students to novels for older readers.
>
> A Committee comprising representatives from the Australian  
> Association for the Teaching of English, Australian Literacy  
> Educators’ Association and the Children’s Book Council of  
> Australia has suggested five Australian fiction books to form the  
> basis of National Reading Day 2007.
>
> The books include Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French and  
> illustrated by Bruce Whatley, Truck Dogs by Graeme Base, Someone  
> Like Me by Elaine Forrestal, The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky, and  
> The Running Man by Michael Gerard-Bauer.
>
> Each book considered by the Committee had been short-listed by the  
> Children’s Book Council of Australia and written by an Australian  
> author.  The books also represented a range of publishing groups.
>
> The books preferred by the Committee are not intended to represent  
> the full scope of quality children’s literature available for  
> primary and secondary school students.  They are examples of books  
> available to students of various ages.
>
> Teachers may choose to support the reading of the books by using  
> the classroom activities available from the National Reading Day  
> website.
-------------- next part --------------
Skipped content of type multipart/related