tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24404310.post2872122111722481785..comments2023-10-29T05:47:41.991-07:00Comments on Lots of Grace: Random Thoughts on AO, Year 7 and King ArthurKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875603488434952711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24404310.post-91510409983673831622007-06-23T20:09:00.000-07:002007-06-23T20:09:00.000-07:00Good things to remember, Tim's Mom. Open-ended qu...Good things to remember, Tim's Mom. Open-ended questions and broad discussion.<BR/><BR/>Tootlepip, that's what I appreciate so much about the yahoo groups. I will just be bopping along enjoying a book, and then someone will mention that we are supposed to be getting *something* out of it, and with that small bit of illumination the book becomes even better.<BR/><BR/>Nothing like in high school and college when I felt every good book was ruined by excessive (and often just plain wrong, in my not-so-humble-high-school opinion) analysis.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875603488434952711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24404310.post-62034611982288573512007-06-23T10:48:00.000-07:002007-06-23T10:48:00.000-07:00When my son was going to be in year 7, I preread W...When my son was going to be in year 7, I preread Watership Down and Once and Future King and I didn't catch the deeper themes. After someone mentioned that they were there, I could recollect them - but I am sure my son didn't catch them.tootlepiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272676941884973029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24404310.post-14277072959399656002007-06-22T19:36:00.000-07:002007-06-22T19:36:00.000-07:00" Teacher guidance is not to be shunned. The trick..." Teacher guidance is not to be shunned. The trick is guiding without getting between the child and the book."<BR/><BR/>That's a trick, all right! It's easy to think that guided instruction is one and the same as getting between the child and the book. I think it has to do with keeping discussion broad, and keeping questions open-ended.<BR/><BR/>But it still helps if the parent/teacher knows more about the book than the student.Leslie Noelani Lauriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298088211692254547noreply@blogger.com