This is so true; I am guilty of this myself!!! Even though I do not look at movies for my English courses because I know that books and movies are totally different from each other; however, for other classes I always try to view a video on the topic rather than reading. It seems that viewing the video is more interesting, engaging, and tells the viewer the entire story a lot faster than it would take one to read it. What can we do as English teachers make reading more appealing to children? Will reading ever be considered "fun"? Will reading ever be preferred over movies?
I like your graphic, Allison! I also agree with Lorraine, this is disturbingly true! I've heard so many people say this phrase. I think to make reading more appealing to children, we can try to give them as much freedom of choice as possible when it comes to picking books to read in school as well as choosing topics for projects or essays. There will always be curriculum standards that we will have to follow as English teachers, but I think it's important to make reading as accessible to children as we can, whenever possible.
One way to get children excited about reading at a young age is to read fun and engaging books out loud to them. I can still remember my 4th grade teacher reading James and the Giant Peach out loud to us for about 20 or 30 minutes at a time and how much my classmates and I looked forward to that part of the school day.
Your picture and caption are awesome! I feel like I have heard (and said) this tons of times and I love reading! But when it came to school, I would want to rush through my reading because I was so overwhelmed so I would just want to watch the movie. However, I feel that it is so important for students to read these important literary works but technology can be used to make the reading more exciting and interactive. I remember one of my teachers in high school would have us read a scene from a play for homework and then watch the movie in class to visualize characters and different actions. We also had a project changed a scene that would change the path of the whole play and videotaped it and showed it to the class. I feel that movies can help students visualize scenes. I remember loving watching the scene after I read because I was able to really visualize characters and see facial expressions. Parts of the scene that I did not understand when I read, I was able to recall through the movie and see how characters reacted while saying those lines and it supported my understanding of the play. Therefore, my final verdict on movies and television in general is that movies can help support reading materials and lessons but should not replace reading and should not be used as a shortcut.
This is so true; I am guilty of this myself!!! Even though I do not look at movies for my English courses because I know that books and movies are totally different from each other; however, for other classes I always try to view a video on the topic rather than reading. It seems that viewing the video is more interesting, engaging, and tells the viewer the entire story a lot faster than it would take one to read it. What can we do as English teachers make reading more appealing to children? Will reading ever be considered "fun"? Will reading ever be preferred over movies?
ReplyDeleteI like your graphic, Allison! I also agree with Lorraine, this is disturbingly true! I've heard so many people say this phrase. I think to make reading more appealing to children, we can try to give them as much freedom of choice as possible when it comes to picking books to read in school as well as choosing topics for projects or essays. There will always be curriculum standards that we will have to follow as English teachers, but I think it's important to make reading as accessible to children as we can, whenever possible.
ReplyDeleteOne way to get children excited about reading at a young age is to read fun and engaging books out loud to them. I can still remember my 4th grade teacher reading James and the Giant Peach out loud to us for about 20 or 30 minutes at a time and how much my classmates and I looked forward to that part of the school day.
Your picture and caption are awesome! I feel like I have heard (and said) this tons of times and I love reading! But when it came to school, I would want to rush through my reading because I was so overwhelmed so I would just want to watch the movie. However, I feel that it is so important for students to read these important literary works but technology can be used to make the reading more exciting and interactive. I remember one of my teachers in high school would have us read a scene from a play for homework and then watch the movie in class to visualize characters and different actions. We also had a project changed a scene that would change the path of the whole play and videotaped it and showed it to the class. I feel that movies can help students visualize scenes. I remember loving watching the scene after I read because I was able to really visualize characters and see facial expressions. Parts of the scene that I did not understand when I read, I was able to recall through the movie and see how characters reacted while saying those lines and it supported my understanding of the play. Therefore, my final verdict on movies and television in general is that movies can help support reading materials and lessons but should not replace reading and should not be used as a shortcut.
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