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This topic interests me greatly as I'm sure it does everyone. This
year our junior and senior English teachers are giving extra points
to the students who read certain "classic" books. Since most of the
students don't like to read much anyway, they only want those which
will give them the extra points. If they were <reading> these books,
I would be ecstatic; however, I think they are merely using Cliff
Notes and watching movies. There's no way most of our students are
going to read Bleak House, Return of the Native, Vanity Fair, etc.
Since few read for pleasure, I'm happy the teachers assign book
reports, but I miss finding books to suit the student. There are so
many good YA books written - I would have been in heaven as a teen.
I'm not going to tell teachers how to teach (although I've mentioned
EBS books to the English department),but I would really like to do
something...
I suppose I'm asking - do your teachers assign classics? how do
you handle this ? Do your students actually READ them?
Just wondering, Judy
Judy Stewman,Librarian
De Queen High School
De Queen, Arkansas 71832
stewmanj@dqhs.dmsc.k12.ar.us
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