L.K.Eder
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Footprints. DuhHow can you tell there's an elephant in your peanut butter sandwich?Says one wall to the other:
Let's meet on the next corner.
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Footprints. DuhHow can you tell there's an elephant in your peanut butter sandwich?Says one wall to the other:
Let's meet on the next corner.
There's a ten page rule. If you aren't interested after the first 10 pages, bring it back and try something else.Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
Man's Search for meaning by Victor Frankl
The poem If by Rudyard Kipling
Lord of the Rings of course
A lesser known series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson
Good stuff on this list but also another example of the personal angle. I tried several times to read Tolkien, simply on the theory that everybody was reading it so there must be something there. It consistently put me to sleep. Never ever could get into it and still haven't read it to this day.
Try again. Skip poems and the intro.Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
Man's Search for meaning by Victor Frankl
The poem If by Rudyard Kipling
Lord of the Rings of course
A lesser known series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson
Good stuff on this list but also another example of the personal angle. I tried several times to read Tolkien, simply on the theory that everybody was reading it so there must be something there. It consistently put me to sleep. Never ever could get into it and still haven't read it to this day.
Then lotr disqualifies . Worst opening ever.There's a ten page rule. If you aren't interested after the first 10 pages, bring it back and try something else.Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
Man's Search for meaning by Victor Frankl
The poem If by Rudyard Kipling
Lord of the Rings of course
A lesser known series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson
Good stuff on this list but also another example of the personal angle. I tried several times to read Tolkien, simply on the theory that everybody was reading it so there must be something there. It consistently put me to sleep. Never ever could get into it and still haven't read it to this day.
Author C. ClarkWho Clark?Heinlein, Asimov, Clark to get them hooked.
Donaldson, Brooks, Tolkien to keep them going. Donaldson's vocabulary may be a bit large for them.
After that, they'll know what they want and will get it.
Nice. A new variation for me.Nope.Footprints. DuhHow can you tell there's an elephant in your peanut butter sandwich?Says one wall to the other:
Let's meet on the next corner.
It's hard to lift.
I could never get enough Dick when I was younger.Ray Bradbury... Philip K. Dick... Stephen King...
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Why stay away from sports, Pogo?Seriously? Comic books / graphic novels...
Using Graphic Novels and Comic Books to Teach Reading : Professional Learning Board
How to teach ... graphic novels
I use comic books to teach
Using Comics and Graphic Novels in the Classroom (The Council Chronicle, Sept. 05)
Teaching with Comics
Turning Struggling Students into Superheroes: Comic Books as Teaching Tools - Blog
There are thousands of articles supporting the idea...
I can't see how comic books teach good language skills, but on the other hand they are great tools for teaching a foreign language -- because the speech bubbles will be written colloquially and the action in the images immediately render the meaning obvious. The reader just has to bear in mind the difference between book language and colloquial.
But are we talking teaching basic reading? Like to kids?
Id stay away from sports also.
These are not for formal reading instruction. I am looking for reading that is high interest and fun for guys. I haven't opened a comic book (or "graphic novel") since Betty & Veronica and Peanuts, and for most of my students I wouldn't allow it; they could do more.
It is perfect that way.I could never get enough Dick when I was younger.Ray Bradbury... Philip K. Dick... Stephen King...
?
Ummmmm, let me rephrase that..........
Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
Man's Search for meaning by Victor Frankl
The poem If by Rudyard Kipling
Lord of the Rings of course
A lesser known series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson
Good stuff on this list but also another example of the personal angle. I tried several times to read Tolkien, simply on the theory that everybody was reading it so there must be something there. It consistently put me to sleep. Never ever could get into it and still haven't read it to this day.
yeah, I enjoyed Dick too....ahh.....no wait....I could never get enough Dick when I was younger.Ray Bradbury... Philip K. Dick... Stephen King...
?
Ummmmm, let me rephrase that..........
How can you tell there's an elephant in your peanut butter sandwich?Says one wall to the other:
Let's meet on the next corner.
Seriously? Comic books / graphic novels...
Using Graphic Novels and Comic Books to Teach Reading : Professional Learning Board
How to teach ... graphic novels
I use comic books to teach
Using Comics and Graphic Novels in the Classroom (The Council Chronicle, Sept. 05)
Teaching with Comics
Turning Struggling Students into Superheroes: Comic Books as Teaching Tools - Blog
There are thousands of articles supporting the idea...
I can't see how comic books teach good language skills, but on the other hand they are great tools for teaching a foreign language -- because the speech bubbles will be written colloquially and the action in the images immediately render the meaning obvious. The reader just has to bear in mind the difference between book language and colloquial.
But are we talking teaching basic reading? Like to kids?
Id stay away from sports also.
Depending on the age of the student, and barring any condition like dyslexia, the first step to getting any kid to read, and thus improve their reading, is to give them something they might find interesting to read...
Huh? Did that make sense to you. LolI was in line to buy the next Harry Potter book each time one came out. Loved that series--how can you call it fast food!How old are the guys?
If young then check out diary of a wimpy kid by jeff kinney. It is a series and i witnessed it making avid readers out of nintendo kids. Same goes for the Harry Potter fast food.
No big words...
He didn't need a dictionary to slow him down
His penetrating insights were ahead of his time!yeah, I enjoyed Dick too....ahh.....no wait....I could never get enough Dick when I was younger.Ray Bradbury... Philip K. Dick... Stephen King...
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Ummmmm, let me rephrase that..........
Rather than cite this or that novel or whatever that one has enjoyed in one's own past, doesn't it make more sense to determine what the reader is interested in (like aviation or mountain climbing or whatever), and then steer them to literature in that area, thereby handing them incentive?
smh...yeah, I enjoyed Dick too....ahh.....no wait....I could never get enough Dick when I was younger.Ray Bradbury... Philip K. Dick... Stephen King...
?
Ummmmm, let me rephrase that..........
Good call on Bradbury. I had forgotten him.I teach adult ed, so they have to be 17. Most are drop outs, 18 or older.How old are the guys?
If young then check out diary of a wimpy kid by jeff kinney. It is a series and i witnessed it making avid readers out of nintendo kids. Same goes for the Harry Potter fast food.
If attention spans are at issue, try books of short stories. Rarely more than a few chapters, completed in a short period of time, almost instant gratification...
Ray Bradbury... Philip K. Dick... Stephen King...
When I was in high school, I read all of the works by Louis L'Amour. Not short stories necessarily, though he wrote some, but westerns. Who doesn't love a good western?