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1. KINDLING A LOVE
OF READING USING
READING LADDERS
Teri S. Lesesne (rhymes with insane)
Sam Houston State University
@professornana
Saturday, September 14, 13

2. TO THE WOMAN (WE THINK YOU’RE A TEACHER) WITH
THE BOOKS ON THE 2 TRAIN
By some anonymous students
Saturday, September 14, 13

3. On the platform for the 2 train
you stand with a book in your hand
the pages open
Which is how you enter the train
Reading
Sometimes you smile, or frown
Once you even cried
on the train
when you were reading Night
Saturday, September 14, 13

4. And then you were reading all those
basketball books
by Walter Dean Myers
so we read those too
speeding along on the 2 train
one time you saw us reading Slam
and you said
I love that book
and do you think Slam is going to make it in high
school?
We do, we think he’s going to make it
Saturday, September 14, 13

5. Then you were reading some really hard stuff
Epistemology of the Closet, Postmodern Narrative
Theory
and we tried those, but we think you have to have read
the books those authors have read, if you want to read
their books
Our favorite is when you are reading poetry
Picnic, Lightning
and you lean back against the seat
and smile
Saturday, September 14, 13

6. Last week you were reading The Life of Pi
and we rushed out to buy it
So we could be in the lifeboat
adrift in the blue, blue sea
with the boy, the Bengal Tiger, and you
If we don’t see you next year
on the train
Maybe sometime we’ll bump into each other on the
platform
You’ll know us because
we’ll have books in our hands
Saturday, September 14, 13

7. THE KINDLING
O Books
O Community
O Models
O Time
O Talk
Saturday, September 14, 13

8. IMPETUS FOR LADDERS
O Renovation in the house
O Kid who read voraciously
O AR
O AP
Saturday, September 14, 13

9. LADDERS BEGIN WITH
WHERE KIDS ARE
Help us guide them to where
we would like them to be
Saturday, September 14, 13

10. PLAY
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11. PLAYING WITH CONCEPTS
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12. GREEK CHORUS, ANYONE?
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14. PLAYING WITH VARIATIONS
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15. PLAYING WITH WORDS
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17. VARIANTS
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18. Saturday, September 14, 13

19. PLAYING WITH
CONVENTIONS
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20. DYSTOPIA
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21. PLAYING WITH
CULTURAL REFERENCES
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22. PLAYING WITH
CULTURAL REFERENCES
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23. DESIGN
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24. DIE CUTS
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25. SNEAK PEEK
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26. JOURNAL AND ORIGAMI
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27. GN FORMAT
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28. BIOGRAPHY AND
BIOGRAPHER
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29. BIG BANG
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30. CENSORSHIP
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31. HISTORY
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32. TEXTLESS
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33. STORY
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34. MAKING FAMILIAR
STRANGE
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36. INTERRUPTING NARRATOR
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38. MULTIPLE NARRATORS
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39. DUAL UNRELIABLE
NARRATORS
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40. VARIANTS
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41. PARODY
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42. MASH-UPS
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43. MASH-UPS
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44. NARRATIVE NONFICTION
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45. NARRATIVE NONFICTION
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46. NARRATIVE NONFICTION
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