Independent Novel Study

Daily Reading

DAILY READING

"Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.
You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world.
You bring your history and you read it in your own terms."
Angela Carter

You are encouraged to read every day, and what you read will be your choice. Here are some guidelines to help you get the most out of your reading.

• You should read a fiction book - magazines, newspapers, and comic books don't have the volume of text to enable you to develop fluency in your reading, nor will they help you discover who you are as a reader of literature.  However, there are some excellent nonfiction options available (consider biographies, autobiographies).
• Don't read a book you don't like. There are plenty of great books out there waiting for you.
• If you don't like your book, find another one. Give it a chapter or two, but after that, if you are not engaged, abandon it.
• Realize that reading is thinking - read actively NOT passively. Don't read while you are doing something else.
• REMEMBER: This needs to be a book you have NOT read ; a book that you have read in another English class OR one that is usually studied in an English class will not be acceptable.