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Friday, November 28, 2008

Here is a great way to enhance literature at home

In a nine month school year it may seem like books are assigned at a fevered pitch. This is especially true in the upper grades. Novels from literature class, mixed with text readings in other subjects is quite a bit to absorb. Here is an idea (actually 91 of them) for taking any novel and allowing yourself the time to enjoy and digest the contents your way.

91 Ways to Respond to Literature is a great way to add some depth to any literature assignment, or a book from your personal reading list. You can use this list to give a child who loves to read different ways to express their understanding of the reading, or you can allow a child that does not enjoy reading to see the book in a different way. This is an especially great approach to use with summer reading. Let your child choose 1, 2 3, or more ways to respond to literature.

http://www.angelfire.com/ok/freshenglish/bookreportideas.html

Your child may even come up with a few additional ways to respond to literature that you can add to this list.

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