[ISLMA-Share] Middle School Boy - PG novels, high lexile

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Rant warning.....I had a query similar to this recently.  If you look on
Lexile.com at that level, you will find things like Dante's Inferno,
Paradise Lost (Both of which I did read...in college).  Having a Lexile
level that high is wonderful....what it means is that you can already read
most anything you want to.  Is the goal of reading to reach lexile 2000?
Or is it to cultivate a love and enjoyment of reading and enrich your
life?  It is useful to have a Lexile measure in order to help you choose
books that -- while you are learning to read -- can help you grow and
challenge you without frustrating you.  Once you have achieved a Lexile of
1400, you no longer have that issue, unless you are reading very technical
or difficult material.  If you can read at that level, you can read
whatever you want....because you can!  Just like with the F & P level
issue, forget the level and allow kids to read for interest.  A nonreader
with a high Lexile may as well have a low Lexile for all the good it does
them.  Level of reading material doesn't matter...reading does.

Rant over. Just this librarian's opinion.


On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I've been asked to find books that are PG and close to a 1400 lexile.
> Medical dictionary? :)  Difficult to find so I'm concentrating on the PG
> and getting as high of a lexile as I can.  Anyone have some great titles to
> recommend for a 6th grade boy?
>
>
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