Allowing Students Choice in Reading: Why I Don't Do Whole Class Novels
Many middle and secondary English Language Arts teachers are required to teach specific novels to the entire group. Using these as the only method of instruction is faulty and this forcing of reading a required text could turn students off to reading. I am not against doing a SHARED novel experience; I don't support using the novel as the only means of instruction. What are whole class novels? Teachers are given a novel to use with their class. This novel is typically an on g