05-10-2011, 03:24 AM
I know we have a bunch of pretty well read guys on this forum, so I hope you can help me with a conundrum. I teach middle school social studies, but I really want to encourage all my students to read more, especially the boys who don't read at all for pleasure, but I find that a lot of the suggested reading for middle school leans heavily to the girls.
What books and stories inspired you guys to read when you were between 11 and 15? My students read at every level between 2nd grade and college, and I find kids will read above their grade level if the story is engrossing enough, so don't worry about it being "too hard". I just need a list of titles (fiction and non-fiction) that will make my male students want to read, so I can start scrounging for fun and exciting books for next year for my boys.
Mahalo for your help.
Carol
What books and stories inspired you guys to read when you were between 11 and 15? My students read at every level between 2nd grade and college, and I find kids will read above their grade level if the story is engrossing enough, so don't worry about it being "too hard". I just need a list of titles (fiction and non-fiction) that will make my male students want to read, so I can start scrounging for fun and exciting books for next year for my boys.
Mahalo for your help.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb