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Teenagers who have disengaged from learning often feel they lack control over their lives. This is especially true for students who have negative attitudes toward reading. Ask your student to bring into the tutoring session any reading he likes to peruse, whether a catalog, comic book, or magazine. He can choose a time in each session for reading this material, and also choose whether he wants to read to you or have you read to him. Allowing students control and choice in reading material will most likely engage adolescents with the topic and help them to find pleasure in the written word.
Seek the help of librarians and teachers to find high-interest, age- and skill- appropriate books that encourage readers to enter the experience and perspective of others, including all fiction genres: horror stories, fantasy, science fiction, or romance. Topical magazines will appeal to students’ individual interests (e.g. race cars, fashion, bodybuilding, etc.) Comic books can motivate less proficient readers with colorful and creative artwork.
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