Taste 1: "Did you have to read Stargirl? We had to read Stargirl. I hated Stargirl. I mean we get it: Stargirl is special and magical, OK? Do you have to go on for hundreds of pages about special and wonderful and magical she is?"
Taste 2: "I thought Stargirl was good. I liked it. I didn't like the boy though, I thought he was a jerk."
Taste 3: "I read Stargirl. It was OK. But what I really hated was Because of Winn Dixie. God I hated that book."
Taste 1: Bafflement. Then, "I loved Because of Winn Dixie."
Please read the above, then mark post-it notes that indicate the theme. You must also write a response, which can be an essay of at least 200 words, or you may create a project, which is due the first day of school.
Or you can, you know, just go read something that no one has ever assigned and just revel in it.
Happy summer.
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God. We’re mired in “Life of Pi” out here. Just, god.
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So with you on this. I’m already hounding my two high school boys. Whatever happened to just reading for enjoyment….oh yeah…the NYS Standards and Common Core.
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My child is supposed to do online math homework this summer (although it’s not required). I told her she should do the evaluation sometime when she gets bored, but beyond that I don’t care.
So glad she doesn’t have assigned reading *yet.* She’s doing just fine reading whatever she wants–even though it means revisiting the entire “Main Street” oeuvre.
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