Supporting Reluctant Readers - Seriously?

I am currently working on an analysis of middle grades language arts textbooks to get a frequency count of the different instructional practices recommended to teachers by adopted text series.  I'm focusing on instructional practices that focus on supporting and assessing on-level students' reading comprehension. (Got to narrow it down, or the dissertation will never be done, after all!)

Anyway, as I am going through the textbooks, I am noticing things that make me shake my head the first time I see them and, by the third or fourth time I see it repeated within a text, I want to bang my head.  But so far, this is my favorite: One text series' recommendation "to build motivation and engagement" in reluctant readers. As a researcher whose focus and passion is supporting adolescents' motivation to read, this statement caught my interest. How?  Please tell me the secret!

*******Drum Roll******

Give them additional reading!

Seriously?  

Yes!  Before the student reads the text in the book, have them read a "thematically related text" and discuss it.

But we're talking reluctant readers here; how is giving them more (of the same) to read going to make them want to read?  (Did I miss the research supporting this?)

Sorry, I'll try to tone down the snark.  A little.

My first Infographic: Using Wordle for Text Analysis

For my multimedia literacy course, I had to create a tutorial on how to use a technology tool in research.  I'm obsessed with Wordle and other word cloud creators (they are way too much fun!) so I chose Wordle as my tech tool to play with.  But how to create and present my tutorial?  Again, my love of trying new tech tools guided me, and I created an infographic using Piktochart.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 



https://magic.piktochart.com/output/3438659-using-wordle-to-analyse-text