Tuesday, June 5, 2012
What a Novel Idea...
Gallo said it best in his article, How Classics Create an Aliterte Society, "I'd like to see the love of reading listed as the number one goal of the English curriculum at every grade in all school systems. What a revolutionary idea!". I teach novels to foster the love of reading in my students. In order to really foster this love of reading, we need to start out our school years with fresh new books to peak our students' interest from the get go. By introducing young adult novels into the classroom we can, as Gallo states, "teach the same literary concepts and develope the same analytical skills, but perhaps in a better way" (36). Novels have always given me the ability to explore magic, vampires, court hearings, and unforgettable romances. They have taken me to Iraq, Europe, Paris, New York, and London. I want to teach novels to give my students the sense of adventure, fulfillment, and enjoyment novels have always given me.
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I love your last sentence in this post. Reading is like a window to the world and I've always thought it was so awesome how just by picking up a book I could travel anywhere or do anything. That's something I hope to pass on to my students as well :)
ReplyDeleteI also love Gallo's quote. If only it was as simple as that.
ReplyDeleteCurriculum specialists try so hard to make sure and accomodate everyone that they end up helping no one. Though standardization is curriculum is needed to streamline learning, there seems to be no room anymore for useful and spontaneous divergence. So many are bent on only teaching classics and this needs to change. Minds need to be open to the possibility of incorporating YA novels so that, as you put it, "the love of reading [can be] listed as the number one goal of the English curriculum."
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