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<i>Ender’s Game</i> is so reliant on psychology and war strategies and <i>Flowers for Algernon’s</i> so dependent on the reader making inferences from the text; that I’d worry the teachers would be setting themselves up for an unsatisfactory experience, simply
because children that age tend to do better with a straight forward narrative. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Maybe something like
<i>Phantom Tollbooth </i>or <i>A Wrinkle in Time</i> with their simpler structure, but academically complex math and science content would be better choices?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">A couple of questions on some book choices: How do you feel about a 5th grade AT (academically talented) class reading either Ender's Game or Flowers for Algernon in their entirety ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">I was asked for input, which I gave, and also said I would ask my colleagues what their thinking was about those books for an upper elementary level class read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Please email me off-list & I'll be glad to discuss with you further.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thanks so much for any responses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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