from "Choosing Not to Read" ~ Kylene Beers
Into Focus: Understanding and Creating Middle School Readers
Aliterates -- group of people who can read but do not
"[After extensive interviews with aliterate students,] I realized that
these students chose not to read for a myriad of reasons. But within that myriad,
after listening closely, I saw that there were patterns of responses. Those
patterns lead to categories of types of aliteracy." (page 44)
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Literate
Readers
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Aliterate Readers
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Struggling
Readers
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Avid Readers
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Dormant Readers
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Uncommitted Readers
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Unmotivated Readers
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Unskilled Readers
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| • Enjoys reading | • Enjoys reading | • Does not enjoy reading | • Does not enjoy reading | • Cannot read |
| • Makes time to read | • Does not make time to read | • Does not make time to read | • Does not make time to read | • May/may not make time to read |
| • Identifies self as reader | • Identifies self as reader | • Does not identify self as reader | • Does not identify self as reader | • Does not identify self as reader |
| • Defines reading as "way of life" | • Defines reading as "neat experiences" | • Defines reading as "knowing words" | • Defines reading as "saying words" | • Defines reading as "figuring out words" |
| • Views purpose as entertaining | • Views purpose as entertaining | • Views purpose as functional | • Views purpose as functional | • Views purpose as functional |
| • Has aesthetic transactions primarily | • Has aesthetic transactions primarily | • Has efferent transactions primarily | • Has efferent transactions primarily | • Has efferent transactions primarily |
| • Has positive feelings about other readers | • Has positive feelings about other readers | • Has positive feelings about other readers | • Has negative feelings about other readers | • May/may not have negative feelings for other readers |