Congrats ND!
I wish it were going to be nicer here this weekend!
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - May 25, 2016 7:38:53 am PDT #22009 of 30003
Kat - May 25, 2016 7:40:22 am PDT #22010 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
msbelle: books for reluctant male readers:
Sharp Teeth, by Toby Barlow. Bloody and violent with a little bit of sex and a lot of bad language. My male reluctant readers like it.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is creepy and realistic.
Students like James Dashner's Maze Runner trilogy (I haven't read them, but students like them).
It depends on what he likes, though.
Kat - May 25, 2016 7:42:38 am PDT #22011 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also helpful for reluctant readers is the YALSA list: [link] More diverse than my reading, but a good place to start.
I wouldn't pick "younger" books, because most YA is actually at a low enough level that high school students can read it without a struggle. I'd pick books that are super high interest to mac regardless of level.
Zenkitty - May 25, 2016 7:50:56 am PDT #22012 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Percy Jackson series?
Beverly - May 25, 2016 9:11:13 am PDT #22013 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
My kids loved the Gary Paulsen books. I've read Hatchet and The River and liked them both, and there are several more in that series. Of course my favorite of his is Winterdance, a (ahem) "howlingly" funny account of training for the Ititarod.
Kate P. - May 25, 2016 9:28:26 am PDT #22014 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
msbelle, are there any books he has liked? Or, if not, any particular subjects/genres you think would appeal to him? Fiction or nonfiction?
Beverly - May 25, 2016 9:30:02 am PDT #22015 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 25, 2016 11:12:57 am PDT #22016 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
msbelle - May 25, 2016 11:44:19 am PDT #22017 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
He has liked some fantasy stuff mostly. I am offering up stuff like Artemis that I read aloud to him when he was younger so it will familiar.
Matt, that is great. We might actually already have that.
I have mocked up a new chore sheet for the summer and put together sample days of a schedule for him. I tried to balance get up and move things with sit down things. Left him some room for choices (what movie, what book, what subjects on Khan Academy). Now do I give it to him now for thoughts/opinions/input or do I wait to show it to him at therapy next week. He has no idea that summer will run on a pattern of do your stuff in order to get wifi access. No stuff done, no games.
Scrappy - May 25, 2016 12:02:40 pm PDT #22018 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Since he like comics, what about Maus? Pure history and it's brilliantly done.