tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688746105716230228.post9056557095119732568..comments2013-12-11T11:06:14.990-08:00Comments on Killing Your Babies: Is Silence Golden?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688746105716230228.post-59912839959534054352012-08-13T11:16:19.447-07:002012-08-13T11:16:19.447-07:00Lovely stuff, Warren!
I think sometimes it's ...Lovely stuff, Warren!<br /><br />I think sometimes it's easy to forget that, just because i've forever got my nose in a book, not everyone enjoys reading.<br /><br />I love the idea of linking up other people's tastes in some kind of meta-critique produced by the class themselves. And the idea of exploring genre before deciding on what we might want to read.<br /><br />Food for thought!<br /><br />Thanks.The Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17024329972980288570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688746105716230228.post-54198583555341333122012-08-13T10:29:37.210-07:002012-08-13T10:29:37.210-07:00I think what you do with that ten minutes is a val...I think what you do with that ten minutes is a value judgement you as the teacher have to make. <br /><br />One task that I might suggest an English teacher undertake. I haven't thought it through that much but I hope it provides some sort of food for thought. <br />I hated reading when I was in Key Stage 3. In particular Non-Fiction. To this day, I still struggle to read non-fiction; it has to be an AMAZING story to get me turning the pages, and of course my definition of "amazing" will very much differ from somebody else/another kid's. I have put that down, in part, to the fact that I had a very active imagination from early on & quite a distinctive one at that - thus I could not stand fiction which didn't fit in with my own imagination's concept of what was possible and believable. I wonder if many other non-readers are exactly the same, yet English teachers continue to shove standard book-lists of the 'must reads.' <br />I imagine every child has their own unique 'literary profile' if you will. They just need to find what type of writing gets them going best. Travel writing? Biographies (I love a good biography), fiction of a specific kind? I'm not sure. Perhaps you could try with a class early on listing the different types, going off and reading some and then not writing a book review, but a review of the different genres, which ones they like, which they do not and proceeding from there. The one worry I would have with such a task is you wouldn't want a child to therefore build up a very negative view of a genre, a bit like my "I don't do fiction" which dogmatically persists to this day and could prove something of a hindrance to class tasks.<br /><br />I do think a 'class blog' type of thing could be brought into play here too. Students could publish a guide to what sort of reading members of the public/internet might like to try. "If you are like this, or interested in that - you might find this sort of writing good. A good book is..." and proceed with a traditional mini book review.<br /><br />Just my two-penneth! Another thought provoking piece. Quite a good blog you've got going here,<br /><br />WarrenWarren Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495506688410998949noreply@blogger.com