5 2003 |
i wouldn't have thought of hemingway, but r l stevenson's treasure island is a sure crowd pleasure.
--skippy , 3/7/2003 23:24:22
Ah, that's a good one -- Treasure Island was the first long book I remember reading, probably 2nd grade (I was an advanced reader), and I was very impressed. I mean, kid hero, swords, trechery, treasure, crazy hermits? That's gradeschool gold! :) Especially with Disney's _Treasure Planet_ recently, there'd be some interest from kids. My brother emailed me about this, saying how his 4th grade teacher read _Lord of the Rings_ to his class, and I did some checking, and a Google search for "fourth grade reading list" pulls up a bunch of books written for fourth graders, not neccesarily quality books with a 4th grade reading level. Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume dominated the lists.
--Derek , 3/8/2003 06:18:51
Actually, the teacher didn't read it to us. We read it by ourselves as an assignment. With some reading aloud by each student.
--FrAnKiE, 3/21/2003 07:37:12