scrapbookbuzz Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 My 8 year old son, who reads comfortably at about a 5th/6th grade level wanted to play a game on my iPad. I told him that before he did that I wanted him to read the first chapter of The Hobbit (which I have in iBooks). I did this to give him a break from playing games and to also see how far he got! :) He made it to page 69 before he asked if he could stop! I'm really a bit surprised he went that far. Does anyone know the reading level of The Hobbit? I am NOT interested in LEXILE numbers, people! Lexile makes no sense to me so unless you want to explain it clearly, don't go there. I would just like to have a general idea of its perceived reading level. Thanks! :^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Well, since you are just asking for opinions... ;) I personally would place it between 5th-6th grade reading level. The story-telling, sentence structure, and thematic elements are not difficult; there are just a number of vocabulary words that will be unfamiliar. Even though you're not looking for scholastic levels -- several curriculum vendors place it in either their grade 5 or grade 6 programs. Whatever the grade level, hope your DS will continue to enjoy it! Warmest regards, Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 :D 1000L According to the lexile framework, it is at the top end of 4th - 5th grade reading level (740L to 1010L) or in the middle of the 6th - 8th (925L - 1185L) grade level. It sounds like it is exactly the right level for your ds right now which is what matters the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) . Edited July 12, 2022 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We are reading this aloud now, and i dont think my 5th grader could easily read it on his own. I am thinking in 6th he could, but the dense descriptive text would throw him for a loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We read it in my 7th grade English class. Scholastic Book Wizard has it listed as an 8.1 grade level equivalent, which seems a bit high IMHO. I'd say 6th-7th is about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy58103 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 My 11-year old (soon to be 12) niece just read this one "for fun." She's in sixth grade and loves anything fantasy or sci-fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We read it in my 12th grade English class. it was awesome. Great thing for a last grading period senior class. --I have no idea what reading level it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 My 8 year old read it and loved it. He also has read the first two books of the LOTR series and loved those. Really, the hardest parts are the elf language, and that's easy to skip over. We read all of the books at the same time - him reading on his own, and me reading on my own. We just had two bookmarks in the book. He usually beat me, since he is a much faster reader! When I asked him questions, he was able to answer them, and he also noticed differences between the books and the movies. I have no clue where to place them grade level wise, as I don't know what's typical of the upper elementary/lower middle school grade levels, and DS can read anything I put in front of him, so I just don't worry about the grade levels of books anymore. I look more for interest instead. I figured the Hobbit was somewhere near middle school level, but I could certainly be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 My 8 yo is reading it now and with very few words that he doesn't understand in each chapter. DS usually read about 8th 7th grade level, so I supposed hobbit is somewhere there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garddwr Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We read The Hobbit in 6th grade when I was in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmama2 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Sixth grade would seem about right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenade Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We read The Hobbit in 6th grade when I was in school. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 My son was 9 when he first read the Hobbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 VP puts it for 4th grade in their catalog, but they're pretty aggressive. I think there's also just a developmental readiness. My dd has always had a reading level beyond her grade, but when I had her read the Hobbit the first time, it went over like a lead balloon. A year later she read it and took off. Had nothing to do with reading comprehension and everything to do with being ready. It's sort of an odd book. Nuts, Tolkien is an odd dude... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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