Comments on: Tom http://madameblogalot.com/uncategorized/tom/ a little blogging about a lot of stuff Sat, 19 May 2012 08:56:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: madameblogalot http://madameblogalot.com/uncategorized/tom/#comment-1332 madameblogalot Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:59:31 +0000 http://madameblogalot.com/?p=55#comment-1332 I agree with both of you! yes, montucky I think part of it is a guy thing, my son liked Tom Sawyer, and my daughter's friend's father just finished re-reading it too! yes, Merry, my daughter is always reading but says she doesn't like what I make her read. I am thinking of trying a new approach next semester. I will give her a list of genres and allow her to choose a book from each one. She will still have to get over the "assignment" factor, but at least she can choose her own books for a while! I really like the TS book because of the writing assignments to go w/ it. they are mostly high school level but work well w/ a little tweaking! :) I agree with both of you! yes, montucky I think part of it is a guy thing, my son liked Tom Sawyer, and my daughter’s friend’s father just finished re-reading it too!

yes, Merry, my daughter is always reading but says she doesn’t like what I make her read. I am thinking of trying a new approach next semester. I will give her a list of genres and allow her to choose a book from each one. She will still have to get over the “assignment” factor, but at least she can choose her own books for a while!

I really like the TS book because of the writing assignments to go w/ it. they are mostly high school level but work well w/ a little tweaking! :)

]]> By: Merry http://madameblogalot.com/uncategorized/tom/#comment-1329 Merry Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:41:23 +0000 http://madameblogalot.com/?p=55#comment-1329 I think the sentiment is pretty normal. My daughter says the same thing - she hates reading things for school, but likes reading in general. There were a lot of assigned books that I didn't like, but there were quite a few in high school that I did... maybe she'll like the selection better once she gets older. I think the sentiment is pretty normal. My daughter says the same thing - she hates reading things for school, but likes reading in general.

There were a lot of assigned books that I didn’t like, but there were quite a few in high school that I did… maybe she’ll like the selection better once she gets older.

]]> By: Montucky http://madameblogalot.com/uncategorized/tom/#comment-1239 Montucky Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:48:58 +0000 http://madameblogalot.com/?p=55#comment-1239 It might be a just a "guy" thing, but I read that several times when I was a kid and loved it... or maybe just because I could relate to Tom... or maybe because things were different in those days, closer to the world of Tom Sawyer. It might be a just a “guy” thing, but I read that several times when I was a kid and loved it… or maybe just because I could relate to Tom… or maybe because things were different in those days, closer to the world of Tom Sawyer.

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