TY - JOUR
AU1 - La Marca, Susan
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AB - This paper will describe an enrichment reading program that has been designed to expand the reading experiences of highly able students. The program supports students to improve their ability to engage critically with a text, to compare and contrast texts, and to evaluate them in light of set criteria. This enrichment reading program has been offered for the past seven years to talented readers from years five to ten at Genazzano FCJ College. This paper will also report on the results of a survey of all participants who undertook the program in 2015. Keywords: Reading, Critical Analysis, Enrichment, Engagement Introduction This program is built around the novels shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards in the younger and older readers categories. The ‘judging’ takes the form of analysis, debate and evaluation in relation to set criteria and is led by a teacher-librarian who has previously served as a CBCA judge. The criteria are taken from the official CBCA Book of the Year Awards Policy Handbook used by the Australia-wide adult judging panel that allocates the awards each year. The criteria strongly advocate the recognition of literary merit and, in engaging with this 
TI - A Richer Read: Supporting Critical Analysis
JF - IASL Annual Conference Proceedings
DO - 10.29173/iasl7204
DA - 2016-08-26
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/a-richer-read-supporting-critical-analysis-HAwkp0Evgo
DP - DeepDyve
ER -