Fiction, Food, and Fun

The Original Recipe for the READ 'N' FEED Program

Kathryn Closter, KAREN L. SIPES, VICKIE THOMAS

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 1998
• eBook ISBN: 9780313078033
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Literacy
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Featuring fiction, food, and fun, this unique approach motivates young people to read and builds their comprehension skills while extending their learning across the curriculum. Students, teachers, librarians, parents, and community members can participate in these mealtime programs, which include such activities as games, writing or art projects, role-playing, storytelling, interviewing, and guest speakers. Based on the authors' READ 'N' FEED program, the book provides detailed plans for learning events developed from selected young adult novels. For each title, the authors provide a summary of the plot; a booktalk; background information on the author; discussion questions; activities; novel connections; suggestions for food and decorations; and reproducible templates of publicity posters, student invitations, game pieces, and other materials. The authors also give instructions on how to design a program for other books. This method integrates critical-thinking skills, multiple intelligences metho

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• The Recipe for a Successful READ 'n' FEED Program
• 1—The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
• 2—Don't Look Behind You
• 3—The Duplicate
• 4—Fallen Angels
• 5—Flight #116 Is Down
• 6—Maniac Magee
• 7—Missing May
• 8—The Silver Kiss
• 9—The Trouble with Lemons
• 10—The View from the Cherry Tree
• Appendix: READ 'n' FEED Forms
• Bibliography of Young Adult Literature Resources