tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709004876734812953.post2829834924091462733..comments2023-10-29T00:46:24.606-07:00Comments on betsy reads books: Silver Linings Playbook and Building My Own SyllabusBetsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15316849918018436860noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709004876734812953.post-38031792939450206512013-06-14T06:22:49.730-07:002013-06-14T06:22:49.730-07:00I only wish we could teach that many books (and to...I only wish we could teach that many books (and to 9-10???). I'm lucky to get through four full texts in a semester with my sophomores thanks to apathy, testing, lack of books for class sets, and the need to teach writing skills, which are severely lacking. Thanks to common core, we are encouraged to do less whole pieces and more excerpts, which bothers me. I'd kill to have students who actually read outside of class so I can teach the literature I love. Thankfully, I can treat my honors 12 in that manner, though only about half bother to come with the reading done. But if I remember correctly, that happened in college too :). Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244007205721154389noreply@blogger.com