michaeljenn Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 My daughter does not enjoy reading. She will do what is required of her though. She would rather be writing songs and playing her guitar or piano. I was going to have her do Sonlight core 100 this year but am now thinking it is just tooooooo much reading! My thought was to have her do The Story of US books following the Hewitt Schedule and then pick out a few novels for the year. However, I am uncertain as to how many I should have her read? I have even thought about just ordering lightning lit 8th grade for her... Sigh.. Advice?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 To Kill a Mockingbird, Barefoot Mailman, Across 5 Aprils, Gulliver's Travels, White, Dracula, and The Hobbit are the books DS was assigned to read last year plus he started Diary of Anne Frank (Needs to finish this) and War of the Worlds(requested to drop it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 DS's literature assignments come from History Odyssey, and he'll be reading 11 books this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeljenn Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 Thanks guys... :lurk5::lurk5::lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 My daughter does not enjoy reading. She will do what is required of her though. She would rather be writing songs and playing her guitar or piano. I was going to have her do Sonlight core 100 this year but am now thinking it is just tooooooo much reading! My thought was to have her do The Story of US books following the Hewitt Schedule and then pick out a few novels for the year. However, I am uncertain as to how many I should have her read? I have even thought about just ordering lightning lit 8th grade for her... Sigh.. Advice?? I did Core 100 with an 8th grader who loves to read. We found the choices to be less inspiring than the other SL cores. I think you would be well-served to do LL8 and then try to add 2-3 novels that could be of interest to your daughter. My youngest is a non-reader, so I try to pick the most engaging novels I can think of and then do the critical reading as a read aloud. Hopefully, this makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma23peas Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I'm tough..I require 50 books a year regardless of grade (starting with 6th grade and up) essentially I require 50 pages a day of reading...but I do allow looong books like Count of Monte Cristo (over 1000) and Lord of the Rings (800 or so) to count as 3 books...I have over a thousand books...so each year I pull down about 250 and put them on the 'reading shelves' in our living room..some are under 100 pages(Common Sense by Paine) and I'd say the average book is somewhere between 150-250 pages..so some weeks they'll read 2 or more books....the key is choosing books that are interesting and engaging and we do a lot of discussion on them while they're reading....and I try to pull books that match our history/government studies we're doing at the time. I am a firm believer that reading not only increases their vocabulary but also grammar/writing/critical thinking....so if I short change them on the number of books, I'm cutting back on an easy way to further their education....but for kids who really struggle with reading...I would say 10 a year is great! My youngest does not 'like' to read, but loves the discussion we have about them, she lights up and becomes very animated about sharing and that is what I think motivates her the most! :) She doesn't realize she's increasing vocabulary and all the other stuff...she starts out reading as a requirement just like a chore and ends up loving it through her sharing.. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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