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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2015/11/book-tweets-and-snappy-reads-booktalking-to-engage-millennial-teens/?utm_source=YALSA+Members_Updated&utm_campaign=d8b8768f48-YALSA_December_2012_E_News3_9_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c641a596eb-d8b8768f48-815240">Book
Tweets and Snappy Reads: Booktalking to Engage Millennial Teens</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">By Vanessa Irvin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Research on booktalks and millennial teens was published last month. It’s quite good, but also quite long so if you don’t have time to read it all and jump right to the recommended booktalking techniques.
Scroll about halfway down the page/article to get to the techniques. Below I’ve copied and pasted the names of the techniques and a brief introduction,
<a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2015/11/book-tweets-and-snappy-reads-booktalking-to-engage-millennial-teens/?utm_source=YALSA+Members_Updated&utm_campaign=d8b8768f48-YALSA_December_2012_E_News3_9_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c641a596eb-d8b8768f48-815240">
the article</a> includes more thorough descriptions and an example of each technique.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Booktalking to Engage Millennial Teens: Introducing the BEMT Techniques<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Book Tweets</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">
</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt">are one-to-two-line hooks that leave the audience wanting more.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Wrap Back</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">--</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It
is very effective when you begin telling the highlights of a story, and then end the talk by connecting the booktalk back to the title.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Open End</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">
</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt">is similar to <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wrap Back</span></em> except you begin the booktalk with a question (or questions) and end it with a question.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Graphic Form</span></b></em><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">is useful for alternative-format books such as graphic novels, epistolary novels, novels in verse, unique formulas, as well as nonfiction books.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Snap’n Read</span></b></em><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">is a creative read-aloud technique that appeals to auditory learners.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Power-Full Points</span></b></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">--b</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">o</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ok
covers visually pique interest and entice readers to notice a book. Thus, presenting a full booktalk repertoire as a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation allows for readers to become acquainted with various texts.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Katie <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx"><span style="color:blue">Library Support and Development Services</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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