How to Turn Your Reluctant Reader into a Bookworm

Reluctant reader is defined as a student who shows little to no interest in reading, act out in some way when asked to read, or simply rebel. I personally dislike this term because it started with a negative premise when viewing these kids. 

Some people think reluctant readers are lazy. The line of “kids these days would rather play video games or movies” comes out. People assume that reluctant readers aren’t the kind for reading, or maybe they should just try harder. 

Did you know that the word reluctant can mean unwilling, hesitant, and disinclined, it also comes from the Latin meaning writhing and offering opposition?

Reluctant comes from the Latin verb reluctari which means struggling against. 

In Latin, re- expresses intensive force and luctari means “to struggle.”

We often think of reluctant readers as not wanting to or not interested in reading.

But what if reluctant readers are in a battle to read? 

Maybe reluctant readers are in an intensive, full-blown war when they read, but we can’t see it so we don’t understand the effort when they stumble over words for 10 minutes. 

Maybe reluctant readers have the wrong tools, like a dagger instead of a sword, to fight when sent off to battle.

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