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    Having Fun Reading Aloud
    Having Fun Reading Aloud
    Having Fun Reading Aloud
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    Having Fun Reading Aloud

    By John D. Boyden

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    The goal of this book is to help you have fun and start conversations. Even authors reading aloud to audiences at different locations like libraries, schools or to audiences can benefit. Chapter one explains how to use this book. A brief discussion of activities and questions to use with any story and a list of a few activities is provided, and then you can discover how you can use and create stories of your own.

    Chapter two presents four useful ways for using one story. The first section offers a brief introduction followed by the complete story without further comment. In the second version all possible vocabulary words are selected for you in bold. The third version provides the same text with a discussion of the vocabulary coming before the same story. Each paragraph of the story is numbered in this version. The fourth version is the most complicated. This version interrupts the story with commentary, questions, and selected vocabulary is identified for you, all in italics.

    In Chapter Three there is one more story in the Boo series using three different levels of vocabulary. What you have learned about using vocabulary, questions, and activities becomes the basis for what you do next. You are encouraged to create the vocabulary lists you need, choose activities you will use and discuss, and add the questions you want to use for this second story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn D. Boyden
    Release dateNov 9, 2014
    ISBN9781310828140
    Having Fun Reading Aloud
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    John D. Boyden

    John D. Boyden was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, in 1950. John grew up in rural Nebraska and lives in Southeastern New Mexico with his wife, Melanie, and their dog, Butterscotch. He has four grown children and three grandchildren, of whom he is exceedingly proud. Eyes on the World (First Edition) is his first Smashwords Publication. He attended Grinnell College in Iowa and several other colleges through multiple summer programs. John earned his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Northern Iowa and taught school in Iowa and New Mexico for many years. .John has completed and been paid for several “work for hire” projects including non-fiction, fiction, news, and editing and has actually received money as a published poet! The poetic pride has endured far beyond that lovely $ 5 payment. He also continues to write annual novels at NaNoWriMo.org in November of each year and recently began playing at the April 2014 Camp NaNoWriMo where he worked on his first story for publication.

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      Having Fun Reading Aloud - John D. Boyden

      Having Fun Reading Aloud

      A Having Fun series book

      Copyright November, 2014 John D. Boyden

      Published by John D. Boyden at Smashwords

      The Having Fun series Book one

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is free and may be given away to other people. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to your favorite ebook retailer to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Acknowledgments

      This volume required a lot more help than expected.

      Thanks go to the Lea County Rodeo Queen, princess candidate, and future candidate, and their families for agreeing to be featured in our cover photo for this book.

      Four reviewers were instrumental in the many revisions made to the original manuscript concept and execution. Melanie Boyden was the first to question the purpose and use of this project. Wil, a parent and friend, provided me the first direct feedback to show me what changes were needed. The two of them helped me to reconsider the original project idea and additional advice was solicited from Hobbs Research Librarian, Bob Hamilton and one other friend, a retired administrator our local Title 1/Chapter One reading program from the Hobbs School District, Diana Baker. Their combined suggestions, questions and edits made this project better.

      Any errors or mistakes belong solely to the author.

      Thank you all for your contributions to this book

      Dedication

      I dedicate my second book's publication to readers and listeners everywhere, my grandchildren, my wife, Melanie, four grown kids, friends who have provided me early critiques on all my writing, including the stories included, and our faithful dog Sissy, who keeps me company throughout my editing and formatting, when she wants to keep me company. She is an independent critter.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Using This Book

      Chapter 2: A Bad Day

      SECTION ONE

      SECTION TWO

      SECTION THREE

      SECTION FOUR

      Chapter 3 Boo's Surprise

      full story 1

      Shorter 2

      Shortest 3

      Annotated Bibliography

      Connect with the author

      Chapter 1

      Using This Book,

      Activities and Questions,

      Creating Your Stories

      Using this

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