Favorite book?

[Derek Reese 29]

So there is an off-chance I might be teaching English this fall, so I am putting this thread out there for suggestions for kids who may not have yet learned to love to read. I am an avid reader and have been since my parents smartly put a few copies of Field and Stream and Outdoor Life in my grubby little hands when I was about 5.
As for me, my favorites are Reilly’s Luck by Louis L’Amour and Without Remorse by Tom Clancy.

 

[SD51555]

I think the biggest mistake the system ever made was making kids grow up reading old English literature from centuries ago. I’d figure out a way for them to pick something they are interested in and get it approved by you.


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[Derek Reese 29]

I think the biggest mistake the system ever made was making kids grow up reading old English literature from centuries ago. I’d figure out a way for them to pick something they are interested in and get it approved by you.


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For sure! I even had a teacher in highs school assign us Pat McManus! I about died on the spot.

 

[Catscratch]

I give kids old hunting and fishing magazines. Put up any newspaper articles that has a school related article such as sports, music, or FFA (kids love to read their name in print). Books full of short stories (Night Shift, Voices from Chernobyl, Phineas Gage, etc), and interestingly enough poetry if we are dissecting meaning as a group.

 

[KY wild]

Kids tend to either fight to never read or try to read even during PE class. Since the readers don't need any motivation then I would try to make reading interesting and easy to the kids that don't like reading. I would print short stories and give kids a copy and then let the computer read them the story on the overhead as they follow along. I would include these short stories because they are great.....
The Most Dangerous Game
The Problem of Cell 13
To Build A Fire
The Lady, or the Tiger
The Lottery

Then if short stories go well try an easy book like...
The Cay
The Lord of the Flies