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TEEN READ WEEK™ October 7–13, 2018 A Manual for Participation www.ala.org/teenread #TRW18 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................................................1 SELECTED RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................................3 TEEN READ WEEK PLANNING TIMELINE ...................................................................................................6 PROMOTE TEEN READ WEEK IN YOUR COMMUNITY ..........................................................................8 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TEEN READ WEEK EFFORTS .............................................10 CHAMPIONING TEEN SERVICES IN LIBRARIES ............................................................................10 INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND TRW ..................................................................................................11 SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES WORKING TOGETHER ....................................................11 MAKE TRW AN EVENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY ..............................................................................12 NEED MORE INSPIRATION? .....................................................................................................................13 PROGRAM IDEAS ...................................................................................................................................................14 TEEN YOUTUBERS .................................................................................................................................................19 SELECTED BOOKS ................................................................................................................................................20 TELEVISION SHOWS & MOVIES.....................................................................................................................24 SELECTED WEBSITES AND APPS ................................................................................................................26 DISPLAYS ...................................................................................................................................................................29 TEEN READ WEEK 2018 A MANUAL FOR PARTICIPATION » II INTRODUCTION Teen Read Week™ (TRW) is a national literacies thinking about what’s written (or what they themselves initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Asso- can write) in their future, whether that be college, a ca- ciation (YALSA), a division of the American Library reer, pursuit of a passion, or something else. Association. Aimed at teens, parents, library workers, educators, afterschool providers, and other concerned This year’s Teen Read Week manual offers a variety of adults, Teen Read Week started in 1998 and is cele- resources highlighting the journey of seeking out and brated annually in October, the same week as Colum- writing our own stories. Possible directions for the “It’s bus Day. Teen Read Week offers libraries a chance to Written in the Stars…READ” sub-theme are endless. A encourage teens to use library resources to “Read for few interpretations included in this manual are: the Fun of It!” » finding the right path/role and broadening our horizons Why focus on teen literacies? In 2015, just 37% of 12th » the multitude of ways we create and share our graders performed at or above the proficient level stories in reading, according to the National Assessment of » how stories can influence a person’s path in life Educational Progress. When viewed by racial/ethnic » the stories of teens who have made differences in group, the percentages of students performing at or the world above proficient ranged from 17% for Black students » how reading is a perfect match for teens (it’s writ- to 49% for Asian students. Longitudinal data shows ten in the stars for teens to read!) a persistent gap between reading achievement of Black and Hispanic students and their White peers. Additionally, this year’s Teen Read Week manual Libraries are well positioned to help teens, especially offers a variety of resources to assist you in helping those who need the most support, gain critical litera- teens seek and get their stories out to the world, and cies skills. TRW is one opportunity libraries have to we’ve also included targeted programming ideas and reach out to struggling teen readers and help them suggested books, media, and more that may help you improve their reading ability. For more information reach your goal. We encourage you to leverage the about helping teens build literacies skills, download TRW website (www.ala.org/teenread) for further YALSA’s free Teen Literacies Toolkit: www.ala.org/ assistance, to share Teen Read Week related ideas, yalsa/professionaltools/handouts#toolkits. and to help us reach our TRW goal in providing equal opportunities for all teens to Read for the Fun of It. Each year, YALSA provides a new sub-theme to serve as the basis for developing programs in schools, public Mastering text-based literacies is a critical skill that libraries, and afterschool programs. “It’s Written in teens need to be successful in school and ready for ca- the Stars…READ!” is the sub-theme for 2018 and reers, so it’s important to remind them to spend time will be celebrated October 7-13. The theme encourag- reading for pleasure: it’s free, it’s fun, and it can be es teens to build an inherent habit to think and read done anywhere! Research shows that teens who read outside of the box, as well as seek out fantasy, science for fun score higher on standardized tests and are fiction and other out-of- this-world reads. more likely to succeed in the workforce. TRW is an ex- cellent opportunity to inform teens and their parents For Teen Read Week, libraries in particular can help about all the literacy-related resources the library has teens seek out titles in fantasy, science fiction, and oth- to offer and to demonstrate the possibilities that exist er titles from their collection that are written for teens. through libraries and reading. The theme also offers a great opportunity to get teens TEEN READ WEEK 2018 A MANUAL FOR PARTICIPATION » 1 YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten (TTT) is a part of TRW and educators. Please share your ideas, tips and success is essentially a teens’ choice book award. Each April, a stories at the Teen Read Week website at www.ala. list of TTT nominees is posted online and then librar- org/teenread or via Twitter with the hashtag #TRW18. ies encourage teens to read as many nominees as they can between April and August, when online voting Participation and registration for Teen Read Week is opens up. The winners are announced during TRW. free. A Teen Read Week Program Planning Check- To think about ways you can incorporate the TTT into list and other resources are also available for free at your TRW (or summer learning) plans, download the http://teenreadweek.ning.com/page/planning. YALSA free toolkit, found at www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten. also has a publication called The Best of YALS: Teen Read Week and Teen Tech Week Tips and Resourc- The Teen Read Week Manual is intended to inspire es for YALSA’s Initiatives available for purchase in you to plan a celebration in your library, school, and the ALA store: https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/ community. Your ideas and successes are valuable teen-read-week-and-teen-tech-week-tips-and-re- to other library workers, afterschool providers and sources-yalsas-initiatives. Showcase Your Teen Services Teens need you to speak up about the many ways libraries help them. Visit your elected official's local office or invite them to your library. Use the free resources on this web page to plan a great visit! http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/District_Days TEEN READ WEEK 2018 A MANUAL FOR PARTICIPATION » 2 SELECTED PLANNING RESOURCES Albert, M. (2017, Dec 21). Our Most Anticipated YA International Literacy Association/Nation Council of Fantasy Novels of 2018. BN Teen Blog. Retrieved Teachers of English. (n.d.). Motivating teen readers. from https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/teen/ Retrieved from http://www.readwritethink.org/ anticipated-ya-fantasy-novels-2018 parent-afterschool-resources/tips-howtos/ A list of anticipated YA Fantasy titles for 2018. motivating-teen-readers-30110.html The International Literacy Association and the National Council Bailey, H. (2017, May 9). What the heck is LARPing? of Teachers of English have compiled a list of helpful hints The Windsor Times. Retrieved from http://www. and tips to motivation teen readers. Additionally, the website sonomawest.com/the_windsor_times/news/what- includes related resources for teen book clubs and readers’ the-heck-is-larping/article_5806e4fa-3503-11e7- advisory. baee-03dc8c603be4.html This Windsor Times article gives a good introduction to LARPing Kropp, Lisa G. (2016, February 4) Fairy tale (Live Action Role Playing) and investigates the popularity among programming is alive and well. School Library tweens and teens. Journal. Retrieved from https://www.slj.com/2016/ 02/programs/fairy-tale-programming-is-alive- Block, Donna. (2016, March 14). Anyone can do and-well science. The Hub. Retrieved from http://yalsa.ala. This article highlights fairy tale programs successes from org/blog/2016/03/14/anyone-can-science libraries across the country. Tips and tricks for astronomy-based programming. Irvin, Vanessa. (2015, Nov 24) Book Tweets and Brenner, R. (2017,