Jul
10
Do you think kids should be reading the book Eragon in school?
By
Unafraid questioned:
I have heard from some 9th graders that they read Eragon in class! Is it becuase the book is excellent or that fact that it was written by a young person? If anyone under 18 writes a book does that make the book incredible enough to be read in class alongside “To Kill a Mockingbird, Leguin,Chaucer, and such?
The 3 Day Thrush Cure – How To Cure Oral Thrush In Children
I have heard from some 9th graders that they read Eragon in class! Is it becuase the book is excellent or that fact that it was written by a young person? If anyone under 18 writes a book does that make the book incredible enough to be read in class alongside “To Kill a Mockingbird, Leguin,Chaucer, and such?
The 3 Day Thrush Cure – How To Cure Oral Thrush In Children
If it gets kids excited about reading, I’m for it.
Why don’t you read it to find out?
Mozart wrote his first Symphony before he was 18. Should that make much of his work unplayable because he was a minor?
I reckon the phrase “Kids are reading” says everything I need to know. I have read both Eragon and Eldest and they are both excellent reads. You don’t have to be a kid to delight in them and it is considered perfectly acceptable to read for pleasure. Age has nothing to do with the quality of a book, although I have to say that it is admirable for Mr. Paolini to undertake such a daunting task. It is even more admirable to find out how his family supported him and how he promoted his first book prior to being picked up by his current publisher. Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky few that really got a first edition of his self published first novel?
Any book that gets kids reading is fine by me (with reasonable exceptions).
I like to have my students read current books. There is nothing incorrect with reading Eragon in class. As long it is being paired with instruction/discussion, I am all for it.
The classics are fantastic! But it is also vital to keep the interest of the students and to try something new every now and again.
I’ve got 4th and 5th graders reading it at my school. They like it, it’s well written, and I doubt any of them even have a clue about the age of the author. These are the more advanced readers in their age group – a very discriminating bunch!
well, it also teaches you abt loss and learning and life (without the dragons and magic) i also reckon that it is fantastic that it is written by someone young that can relater more to them. My friend is working on publishing her book and it is a really excellent on. She isnt even 15 yet!
Have you read Eragon? If you have than you probably know that it isn’t meant for first graders. (If you haven’t, Paolini uses long detailed sentences and some parts are rather gory.) I reckon the book is advanced enough for 9th graders though. So, I reckon there are two possible reasons the ninth graders read Eragon.
a) It is pretty advanced reading,about 9th grade level (that doesn’t mean younger people can’t read it though)
b) Like you said it was written by a young author, which would make an fascinating topic in a ninth grade English class
Either way, do you reckon it is inappropriate for them to read it? I don’t reckon you can judge unless you’ve read it.
I’m with James…If it gets a kid excited about reading…. I mean, what kid gets excited about reading Beowulf and Shakespear?? If Eragon, or even Harry Potter for that matter, makes a kid excited enough to read the assignment and do the necessary book reports, why not?? I know when I was in high school, I was forced to read The Fantastic Gatsby” and I despised it! So I didn’t want to do the work and my grade suffered. Why should we force “the classics” on school kids? I should add, introducing and teaching the classics is fine, but they shouldn’t be the whole Literarure curriculum.
Don’t judge by age. Kids know more than you reckon. I’ve seen 6 year olds wiser than the elderly and adults dimmer than a black hole.
‘Any’ book that makes a person’s vocabulary expand, his/her mind to look beyond normal barriers and help take you to another place that appeals to you, is a excellent book to read and delight in.
yes its fine the movie is PG the book isnt terrible at all what kind of family do you come from?????
Frankly, with literacy rates dropping lower each day and the overall state of mind of young people in this generation, i’m pleased if they can read a quick food menu, so if they want to read Eragon, while it may not be Mark Twain or Poe, but perhaps it will stimulate them enough to make them want to read the classic authors, and that is a excellent thing.