Killing Reading

As always, please cut and paste the following questions into your blog and answer them carefully.

One of the issues that came up on Friday at our meeting was how often school can become responsible for destroying a student's enjoyment of reading. The presenter pointed out that students have a hard time getting excited about reading a book if they know that they are going to have to answer a lot of questions, or prepare chapter summaries once they've finished.

On the other hand, sometimes students like to do something with their reading since it can help them understand their book better. Other students who are excited about what they read, may wish to write in order to show their teacher just how much they learned.

1) Use your own experience to explain why you agree or disagree with these statements.

2) Do you feel reading becomes more and more work the higher you progress in school? Please refer to your own experience to answer this question.

3) Would you enjoy reading "with no strings attached"? In other words, you read what you want but don't have to write a report or assignment once you've finished? Explain.

4) Imagine that you have just finished the best book you ever read. How would you want to share some of your reading experience with your classmates and teacher? (e.g. create a poster about the novel, conference with the teacher, present to a small group of students...)