I agree that finding quality lit for our young readers is important, but the problem that I have is that great literature is not always so exciting for the first few chapters as the authors sets the tone, etc for the piece. The issue is that so many students are used to being hooked on a story line by the first commercial break rather than working though the opening pages of a book.
I have had students tell me that the book is 'boring' after only reading the first paragraph (sometimes that is at most). So--- I read to them....And they need that so they learn to interpret and determine meaning from the phrases and sentences which are streaming past their eyes....
I just don't know sometimes.... and in the reading of this piece, I wondered if we are allowing time for them to read -- after all, my own children are often so busy that they cannot stay awake when they finally get to sit down at home.
Aargh...interrupted again, sorry.
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