TGIF is a Friday meme hosted by Ginger at Greads. She always has the best questions.
Today’s Question:
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Anne Frank- It wasn’t required reading in my school. They showed us a horrible black and white film and called it good. I read this book repeatedly during middle school and so loved it. I think it’s so important to educate our kids about genocides and discrimination throughout the ages.
Bridge to Terabithia- This was my favorite book that was required reading throughout school. It was so entertaining as well as teaching me about bullies.
The Grapes of Wrath- is the worst book I have ever read. I hated it so much.
I was the odd kid who actually enjoyed required reading most of the time. My favorite time during 5th and 6th grade was “Free Reading”.
RieI'm a wife, student, and a dog-lover who reads when I should be folding laundry (bane of my existance), I write (rarely as academic papers consume my life), and love getting wrapped up in fiction.
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I also enjoyed most of the required reading in high school. I hated The Grapes of Wrath too, I actually went out and picked up Cliff's Notes, cause I wasn't finishing that book. The only other book I hated was As I Lay Dying by Faulkner. That was another Cliff's Notes book.
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I really wish they'd stop forcing us to read The Grapes of Wrath.
ReplyDeleteI didn't enjoy reading a lot of the required reading in high school, but it did somehow instill in me a love of classic literature.
ReplyDeleteGreat, great answers, Rie. :) I was definitely the opposite of you and did not read much then. :(
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I can't even remember the Grapes of Wrath. In one ear and out the other. LOL!!
ReplyDeleteScarlet letter, Red Badge of Courage, Tom Sawyer,shakespeare...i loved them all
ReplyDeleteThose are all great picks. I was also big on reading. My sister is 6 yrs older than me, and I would always take all of her "required reading" books just to lounge around and read for my enjoyment. She hated reading so I would read her books and tell her what happened lol!
ReplyDeleteAnne Frank is a wonderful suggestion. I think it's always much more powerful to read the story, as opposed ot seeing a film.
ReplyDeleteI didn't like The Grapes of Wrath either. I haven't read Bridge to Teribithia, but the movie made me cry and I loved it!
ReplyDeleteI didn't particularly like the books I had to read for school (maybe because I HAD to, and not because I wanted to.. who knows) but there are soem that I remember (and some that I remember hating, LOL) - I would give examples but they are Romanian books ;))
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