To Be a Boy, to Be a Reader: Engaging Teen and Preteen Boys in Active Literacy

by William G. Brozo

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This guide is designed to help teachers use literature to motivate adolescent boys to read. It includes a book list of over 300 titles of young adult literature, along with descriptions and examples of instructional strategies to help middle- and high-school teachers engage boys with books.

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Author describes how to find books for boys using 10 positive male archetypes: Pilgrim (searcher, wanderer, wants to improve life), Patriarch (care, nobility, self-sacrifice), King (trustworthy, leader), Warrior (brave, edifying, honorable), Magician (intuitive, clever), Wildman (lustiness, unpredictability, independent), Healer (mystical, spiritual, heals societies that are suffering), Prophet (controversial, piques consciousness, revelations), Trickster (irreverent, funny, satirical), and Lover (giving, caring, intimate). By teaching these archetypes through literature, the author believes that boys will find reading relevant to their lives and learn about honorable ways to be a man.

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