Comments on: What happened to the epic novel?

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:53:56 +0000

Oh lookee that. You’re the Link Fairy.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:16:39 +0000

Thanks, Eva! I fixed your link.

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:36:19 +0000

They just came out with a great new version of the new testament called The Voice. I love it.

http://tinyurl.com/4lhvz4

By: Th.

Th. — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:42:27 +0000

You know, I think a lot of scripture would be better liked in a version without verses.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:28:21 +0000

Let them read what they want, while you make them read what they have to.

That’s not a bad idea (says the lady who has to reformat Shakespeare into narrative to have a glimmer of a hope of understanding it).

By: MoJo

MoJo — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:17:50 +0000

Give them books they like?

I was inferring there was a bit more to it than that.

By: RfP

RfP — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:16:11 +0000

That's the $bignumber question. From the studies I've read (and it's not my professional field, BTW), adult participation and enthusiasm is key. Which may be part of the problem: if adults are reading less, kids don't see reading modeled as something enjoyable and the adults aren't engaged enough to know what books to recommend. The National Literacy Trust (UK) has compiled a list of studies showing that if parents don’t enjoy reading, their kids are unlikely to. There's a fair amount of research on the opposite approach, though. Teachers can kill a student's enjoyment by teaching reading as strictly a skill-building chore. So there are ways to teach anti-enjoyment....

By: Th.

Th. — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:15:40 +0000

Give them books they like?

By: MoJo

MoJo — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:46:29 +0000

Probably a stupid question (because I haven’t hit those links yet—supposed to be working!), but how does one go about teaching the ENJOYMENT of reading as opposed to the skill?

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:26:12 +0000

My daughter (13-an old 13) HATED reading. H.A.T.E.D. it. ut I made her read classics (I homeschool) and I had read most of the Twilight series and encouraged her to pick it up. She foofooed me until it became popular and then she asked me for them becuase I told her she couldn;t see the movie until she read them.

She POURED through them in one week, and then went on to glom all of PC Cast’s HOUSE OF NIGHT series.

Let them read what they want, while you make them read what they have to. I tellher all the time. Dh doesn’t LIKE reading FDA journals, but he HAS to. It’s a part of life. I can’t wait to start her on romances.