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Cheryl, I agree completely with you. If you can get a student hooked on
reading, the classics will come because they are just that, classics.
Sometimes we must also let a book do what it was intended to do, entertain
without dissecting and critiquing it. Once you get a student reading
suggest books that you enjoyed and maybe they will become classics to the
student.
Betsy Scheidemantel
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>From: schober@platteville.k12.wi.us (Cheryl A. Schober)
>To: Multiple recipients of list <Teacher-TalkNovel@learner.org>
>Subject: Re: Question
>Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2000, 2:24 PM
>

>martinea@basd.k12.pa.us writes:
>>Many literature teachers in junior high and high schools say that the
>>crucial point is to hook students on reading. Others say that the crucial
>>point is to have students read classic literature. The two groups often
>>disagree. What do all of you think about this point? Andrea
>
>I think that both are important, but the first step is to get them hooked
>on reading. If a student doesn't enjoy reading, reading classic
>literature is going to probably even more "painful" to them. Once
>students gain enjoyment from reading, then challenging them with the
>classics and other higher levels of reading is a lot easier. This has
>been my experience, at least. . .
>
>Cheryl
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