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From: Isaacs <isaacs>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 17:17:10 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Kathleen Horning wrote:
Thanks for the allusion, Katy, and I was interested in your experiences with the younger children. One correction...I haven't "used" this book with middle schoolers. They have chosen to read it on their own, finding it in a school or public library or receiving it as a gift. I hear about their reactions because independent reading is a part of their English program. I find that many books - and certainly a book like this - can be read and discussed in a classroom at a much lower grade level than they can be read and digested alone, or with a few friends. That's another argument for fairly broad "reading levels" if they are necessary on books.
Kathy Isaacs isaacs at midget.towson.edu Edmund Burke School Washington, DC
Received on Sat 18 Jan 1997 04:17:10 PM CST
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 17:17:10 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Kathleen Horning wrote:
Thanks for the allusion, Katy, and I was interested in your experiences with the younger children. One correction...I haven't "used" this book with middle schoolers. They have chosen to read it on their own, finding it in a school or public library or receiving it as a gift. I hear about their reactions because independent reading is a part of their English program. I find that many books - and certainly a book like this - can be read and discussed in a classroom at a much lower grade level than they can be read and digested alone, or with a few friends. That's another argument for fairly broad "reading levels" if they are necessary on books.
Kathy Isaacs isaacs at midget.towson.edu Edmund Burke School Washington, DC
Received on Sat 18 Jan 1997 04:17:10 PM CST
