3 Myths about Literature That Will Ruin Your Class

3 Myths about Literature That Will Ruin Your Class

by | Feb 18, 2014 | Literature, Sharon's Blog, teaching aids

SHARON’S BLOG

Choosing a literature program for your teens isn’t the easiest thing in the world. Neither are actually having the class and getting teens to read the books. Are false ideas about literature sabotaging all of your good efforts?

Read on to see if you have avoided believing these three myths about homeschool literature. And before I forget, check out the link at the end of this article for your FREE downloads from our literature courses.

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Literature: Why Your Teens Won’t Read It and What You Can Do about It

Literature: Why Your Teens Won’t Read It and What You Can Do about It

by | Jan 2, 2014 | Literature, Sharon's Blog, teaching aids

SHARON’S BLOG

 Literature might seem like one of those courses in which pulling teeth is involved.

You assign a poem, play, short story, or novel to read, and you immediately encounter resistance. It’s hard, they say. It’s boring, they complain. The lawyer in them tries to make a deal with you: “I’ll read these more exciting young adult novels, and you can count that as literature. At least I’m reading.”

What can you do?

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