首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
If adults liked to read books that were exceedingly difficult, they’d all be reading Proust. Most don’t. So why, reading ex
If adults liked to read books that were exceedingly difficult, they’d all be reading Proust. Most don’t. So why, reading ex
admin
2012-03-23
33
问题
If adults liked to read books that were exceedingly difficult, they’d all be reading Proust. Most don’t.
So why, reading experts ask, do schools expect children to read—and love to read—when they are given material that is frequently too hard for them?
Science and social studies textbooks are at least a grade above the reading levels of many students, experts say, and in some suburban and urban school systems, reading lists can include books hard for some adults to tackle.
Toni Morrison’s award-winning novel "Beloved," about a former slave’s decision to kill her child rather than see her enslaved, is on some middle schools’ lists for kids to read unassisted. And elementary schools sometimes ask students to read books such as "The Bridge to Terabithia," with themes about death and gender roles that librarians say are better suited for older children.
To be sure, pushing some students to challenge themselves is important, educators say. But there are points where kids read books before they can truly comprehend them and then lose the beauty of the work.
“Teachers studied ’The Great Gatsby’ in college and then want to teach that book because they have smart things to say about it, and they teach it in high school," Calkins said. "Then schools want to get their middle school kids ready for high school so they teach them ’The Catcher in the Rye. ’ It’s a whole cultural thing. "
In large part, he Richard Allington, a leading researcher on reading instruction and a professor of reading education at the University of Tennessee, blames inappropriately chosen books for students’ reading woes, especially in school systems where large percentages of children read below grade level. The average fifth-grade student in Detroit and Balt-more, for example, reads at a third-grade level, he said, but schools still give them fifth-grade core reading and social studies texts.
That, he said, crushes a child’s motivation.
"If you made me education magician and I had one thing that I could pull off, it would be that every kid in this country had a desk full of books that they could actually read accurately, fluently, with comprehension," he said.
Soft Sinozich, a seventh-grader in the Humanities and Communications Magnet Program at Eastern Middle School in Montgomery County, said she would like to be assigned books that speak to her.
In sixth-grade English, "graphic novels wereexcluded, which annoyed many of us," said Soft, who is partial to Japanese comics called manga because she finds the style beautiful and the stories well done.
Many teachers exclude graphic novels and comics from reading lists, even though a graphic novel was nominated for the National Book Award this year. And Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has said he learned to read through comics after his schoolmaster father disregarded others who said they would lead to no good.
So should kids read Shakespeare or the comics? Graphic novels or "To Kill a Mockingbird" ? Reading experts say they should read everything—when they are ready to understand what they are reading.
It can be inferred from the passage that the father of Archbishop Desmond Tutu agrees that______.
选项
A、children should read books nominated for the National Book Award.
B、children should read less graphic novels.
C、children should read more graphic novels.
D、children should not read novels in their spare time unless they lik
答案
C
解析
从倒数第二段最后一句话 And Archbishop Desmond Tutu,a Nobel Peace Prize winner.has said he learned to read through comics after his schoolmaster father disregarded others who said they would lead to no good 可以看出,他本人是 诺贝尔获得者,喜欢读漫画,他的父亲也与那人为漫画书不好的人持相反看法(disregard),所以可以推断出其 父亲是赞成读带图画的小说的,选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/RoiO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Visualrecognitioninvolvesstoringandretrievingmemories.Neuralactivity,triggeredbytheeye,formsanimageinthebrain’
Practicallyspeaking,theartisticmaturingofthecinemawasthesingle-handedachievementofDavidW.Griffith(1875-1948).Be
A、Givingupalittlecontrol.B、Usingthewebsiteofyourbank.C、Askingquestionsaboutitssafety.D、Contactingconsumerservi
Modemlinguisticsdiffersfromtraditionalgrammarforitismostly______.
BadInvestmentTakeitfromabusinessman:TheWaronDrugsisjustmoneydownthedrain.AsaRepublican,I’mneithersof
"Winners"Winnershavedifferentpotentials.Achievementisnotthemostimportantthing,authenticityis.Theauthenticper
HenryFielding,thefamousnovelistwhowasalsoaLondonmagistrate,oncemadeanightraidtotwoknownhideoutsinthis【M1】_
A、Petrolconsumption.B、Speed.C、Safety.D、Comfortability.B
Heiswaitingfortheairlineticketcounterwhenhefirstnoticestheyoungwoman.Shehasglossyblackhairpulledtightlyint
它不像汉白玉那样的细腻,可以刻字雕花,也不像大青石那样的光滑,可以浣纱捶布。它静静地卧在那里,院里的树荫没有庇覆它,花儿也不再在它身边生长。荒草便繁衍出来,枝蔓上下,慢慢地,竟锈上了绿苔、黑斑。我们这些做孩子的,也讨厌起它来,曾合伙要搬走它,但力气又不足
随机试题
中国古典美学中经常谈到的“言有尽而意无穷”指的是审美对象的()
下列关于内部提升优点陈述不正确的是()
Iwroteitdown______Ishouldforgetit.
患者,男,23岁。马车翻车时砸伤下腹部。查体:耻骨联合处压痛,挤压试验阳性,膀胱胀满,橡皮导尿管插入一定深度未引出尿液,导尿管尖端见血迹。此时应考虑()
存款人在银行开立(),实行由中国人民银行当地分支机构核发开户许可证制度。
纳税人在纳税期内没有应纳税款的,也应按照规定办理纳税申报。()
实证主义方法论产生于19世纪( )年代。
pH7.0的溶液中,下列氨基酸在电场中移向正极速度最快者是
在考生文件夹下,打开文档WORD2.DOCX,按照要求完成下列操作并以该文件名(WORD2.DOCX)保存文档。【文档开始】电力电缆、电线价格一览表(单位:元/米)【文档结束】(1)删除表格第_三行;将表格居中;设
______newsandcurrentaffairs,Ihardlywatchanytelevision.
最新回复
(
0
)