The teacher in me wonders...

1-When did you start to read?

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely?

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?)

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better?

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old
b) 9 years-old
c)12 years-old
d)14 years-old

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?

Pheww . Thanks!

[SIZE=2]1-When did you start to read? When I was three.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? I have no idea, but the first 'chapter book' I ever read was probably Roald Dahl.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) Yes, absolutely, because it allowed me to get better at reading and explore new texts, and introduced me to authors and works.

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? Books with images, definately.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old The Wolves In The Walls, Neil Gaiman
b) 9 years-old The Alex Quartet, Tess Duder
c)12 years-old I Capture The Castle, Dodi Smith
d)14 years-old The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

I'm not answering the last question. Can't be biffed.

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1-When did you start to read? three or four years old, i think. my mum's not home so i can't ask her. it was fun knowing more than the kids at school though, that much i remember.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? i have no fucking idea.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) i don't know, i can't really remember. probably not, i liked to spend lots of time in the library finding books myself.

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? i can't remember. i work in a bookstore now though, and when i tidy the kids' books i am always drawn to the ones that are beautifully illustrated. i imagine i was drawn to the Velveteen Rabbit for that reason when i was little...the story itself REALLY upset me though. to the point where i hid it underneath my mum's bed and she had to buy a new one for the libary.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be? oh man. it's actually my job to recommend books to people but with kids i have no idea. i don't know any kids. i can't remember being a kid. so. this whole thing may have to go unanswered. but i've thought some more about this, here are my answers...
a) 6 years-old can't remember back that far...
b) 9 years-old like nearly everyone else, i'd go with Roald Dahl. perfect for boys and girls.
c)12 years-old for girls, anything by Jacqueline Wilson, she's fantastic. boys i don't know.
d)14 years-old The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold maybe

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
Junior...scholarship...? you need to be more specific and state an age, please.

anyway, okay. i read The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy in 6th form (age 16) and i think i was the only one in the class who liked it. i recommend it to everyone i can though, so yeah that's on the list. also i really liked denise levertov, whose poetry i studied at university (aged 18) and it was probably the only poetry i've ever liked.

sorry my answers were a bit shit.

The teacher in me wonders...

1-When did you start to read? three.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? First book with chapters was probably one of the Ramona books or James and the Giant Peach.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) It did very much so. I was in the "Read and Lead" club and got a bunch of awards cause I had so many hours. :dork:

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? I liked both actually. I liked ones with no pictures because it was fun using my imagination, but I also liked ones with pictures because I loved to draw and write as a kid and those books would inspire me to write my own stories and draw pictures to accompany them.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old something by Roald Dahl, Ramona books
b) 9 years-old something by Judy Blume, Call of the Wild
c)12 years-old diaries of Anne Frank, Harry Potter
d)14 years-old Catcher in the Rye, The Outsiders,

And I just want to say that I really don't think it matters so much what a kid reads (unless they're UBER-impressionable), just as long as they read!

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
Wtf you talkin about "junior scholarship"? Since everyone will probably say Shakespeare for plays, I'm going to say "I'm Not Rappaport" haha. It's good though. Poetry- Edgar Allen Poe. Essays- Ralph Waldo Emerson!