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This themed section provides hands-on resources to help boost reading engagement. We present creative ideas for reading assignments, ready-made tools and valuable advice!

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Themed section| New Ways to Assess Reading Skills

This themed section provides ready-to-use ideas and tools for transforming classroom reading assessment to be more inclusive and motivating. Highlights include strategies for running reading conferences and activity ideas to complement novel reading.

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How to Help Students Who Struggle With Reading

To support struggling readers and encourage their success, Alloprof proposes an organized set of explicit instruction strategies, covering the three key areas of reading: word recognition, understanding and constructing evidence-based responses.

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High School Book Recommendations

Browse our curated reading lists, sorted by theme: you will definitely find the perfect next read to place with your students!

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5 ideas that will inspire high school students to read more

Getting high school students to read consistently can be a tough battle! This article shares 6 actionable steps to turn reading into an engaging shared experience that drives learning and motivation!

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How Can I Make the Most of My School Library?

This article offers ideas to explore how the school media centre, with its wealth of resources, can simplify your daily routine.

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Practical tools

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Poster: Questions to help with reading comprehension

Check out two eye-catching posters to put up in your class to support students as they read non-fiction and narrative texts.

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Reading Journal

This attractive, printable reading log is perfect for any novel study. Students can document essential details on the characters and plot development, as well as write down their personal reflections and impressions.

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Reading Strategies

This resource is the main hub for secondary level reading strategy resources. Each strategy page offers tips on how and when to use it as well as helpful literary examples.

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The Plot in Storytelling

From exposition to resolution, help students understand what makes the plot in storytelling. Each plot element is presented using literary examples and visual support.

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Characters in Literature

What’s a protagonist? What’s a stock character? All your questions will be answered here! Defining features,  literary examples, visual support, it’s all here!

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Character Archetypes

Dive deeper into what makes characters  with universally recognizable archetypes representing character traits, roles and behaviours, familiar and relatable for the audience.

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Fiction Genres

Get an overview of the different fiction genres with illustrated key features, literary examples and even subgenres!

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