Perfect Methods to Develop Reading Lists
So you are concentrating on your homeschool transcript and piecing together comprehensive records. It is all going well and the next thing on your to do list is a reading list. You know that including a reading list is an excellent approach. A commonly asked question now is exactly what to include on that reading list. The reading list includes everything – all of the books you read through high school, any book you read for fun, and even every book you read for school. You can even include magazine subscriptions!
There are some people who do not read a great deal or even difficult with reading. You can usually fluff it up by including audio books. One other option when you do not have a sufficient amount of books that you have read personally is to include books that you read aloud.
If you are a prolific reader, then the likelihood of you capturing a 100% of the books that you read is rather slim. If you can capture 50% of the book that you read, you are going to be good. I had two prolific readers, it was about the only thing they had in common. I could not keep up with the books they read. They refused to keep a reading list as much as I cajoled them. About every two months I asked them to bring the books they were reading and I stack them on the floor and I typed them in.
You cannot hit all the classics. When you think about it, a typical high school AP English course might read and talk about two classic books a quarter. Your children are more than likely reading more than that so I do not know that I would be concerned too much.
If you have a few classics per year then that is probably good; colleges care more that they have a balance of classics and more well-known literature. If you are looking for a great books program or a great books college then they might care more about experiencing some great books. Many times they don’t like for you to have read the book since it ruins it for the teachers.
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