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=READ 7263 - Summer 2012= ==

Case Study

 * Student Name: ** Francesca (“Cessica”)
 * Age: ** 14
 * Grade: ** rising 9th

Francesca will be entering McIntosh High School in August 2012. She lives with her mother, stepfather, and her older sister in Peachtree City and has an older stepsister who lives in the Dominican Republic with her mother but has frequent, extended visits with her father. Both Cessica’s mother and stepfather are college graduates, respectively working as a sales representative and an information technology corporate manager. They are active participants in the girls’ education. Theirs is an athletic, active family and tends to read for informational purposes (work/school-related, daily newspaper) rather than for entertainment or the joy of reading. Francesca plays tennis and runs track; she enjoys swimming, texting her friends, playing Wii, computers & tech gadgets, shopping, playing with the family dog, and traveling to Disney World, the beach, and the Dominican Republic to visit her big sis and her stepfather’s mother. She has some anxiety about moving on to high school (although she is happy to once again be attending the same school as her older sister, with whom she has a close relationship.) In Cessica’s community, academic achievement is highly prized by adults and peers, and she is already feeling the pressure of scoring well on her SATs and getting accepted to a “good” college, as well as fearing that her high school teachers will find her not as “smart” as her older sister. Her favorite subjects in school are math and art. Francesca struggles with reading and writing and is often frustrated by the amount of effort she has to expend to complete her reading and writing assignments. She finds reading to be a chore. Her oral vocabulary is stronger than her ability to recognize words in print. I believe that Cessica will benefit from a wider exposure to print in varied formats, increasing her word recognition skills, thereby making her a stronger reader and writer. I plan to use strategies that will inspire purpose and motivation to read and help Cessica to develop a love of literacy.


 * Every book is not right for every person, but for every person exists the perfect book. **** -T. Schauer **