https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 23:01:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2700808 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:01:57 +0000 newlypregnantlady 2700808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This isn't really a work of fiction but lots of young high schoolers I know love this book:</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-If-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions/dp/0544272994" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/What-If-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions/dp/0544272994</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2700717 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:39:46 +0000 Jennibenni 2700717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pwnstar: That's the thing is I didn't want to read them something they're already assigned. </p> <p>Thanks all, these are so helpful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2700587 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:15:00 +0000 pwnstar 2700587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A short story by Steven King . . . Dolan's Cadillac comes to mind. (I would pick something not typically included as reading material in standard curriculum.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2700581 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:09:37 +0000 honeybear 2700581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10-15 min isn't very long, so I'd probably pick a chapter of a novel that I love. As for suggestions, I'd choose something like the (really excellent!) opening chapters of: Treasure Island, A Christmas Carol, or Pride and Prejudice. Or you might be able to get through one of the Father Brown mysteries by G.K. Chesterton in 15 min. (I'd time yourself to be sure, since I've never read them aloud. In any event, Father Brown: The Essential Tales is on Amazon and it's good!) I think the key is to pick something that you really, really enjoy, because that will come through in how you read and I assume that at least part of the purpose of this exercise is to show students that adults who aren't assigned books to read love to read anyhow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2700490 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 09:26:06 +0000 lioneyes 2700490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Second the O. Henry/Edgar Allan Poe suggestions! Or "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, or a Salinger story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2699963 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 22:49:54 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2699963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked Bifocal (Eric Walters and Deborah Ellis) when it was presented to us in teacher's college and it was an easy read.</p> <p>Synopsis from the internet: A student arrested on suspicions of terrorism. A high school torn apart by racism. Two boys from two different sets of circumstances forced to choose sides.</p> <p>These are the issues at the heart of Bifocal, a groundbreaking new novel for young-adults.</p> <p>The story is told from two different points of view. Haroon is a serious student devoted to his family. His grandparents emigrated from Afghanistan. Jay is a football star devoted to his team. He is white.</p> <p>One day their high school is put on lockdown, and the police arrest a Muslim student on suspicion of terrorist affiliations. He might be guilty. Or is he singled out because of his race?</p> <p>The entire student body fragments along racial lines and both Haroon and Jay find that their differences initially put them at odds. The Muslim students become targets and a smoke-bomb is set off near their lockers while Jay and his teammates believe they've been set-up to look like racists.</p> <p>Bifocal is, by no stretch, an easy book. Award-winning authors Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters deliver a serious, hard-hitting book about racism that does not talk down to young people."</p> <p>It says the recommended grade level is grades 7-12 and I don't think it's as common as something like The Giver and is a bit more current although I did love The Giver and it obviously is a relevant book, but you want to maybe appeal to young teens or hit on issues they may face in daily life in a clearer way!</p> <p>I also found Eric Walters' book about 9/11 "We all Fall Down" quite good, but it can be hard to read and too heavy (or bring up those emotions) to just throw into a random read aloud I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2699958 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 22:29:29 +0000 lady baltimore 2699958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would use 10-15 minutes as a chance to read 1-2 chapters of something you love, and hopefully pique their interest. My go-to would be The Giver, but I think that is part of many middle school curricula . . . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2699936 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:34:50 +0000 travellingbee 2699936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally Edgar Allen Poe- Telltale Heart! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2699934 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:25:01 +0000 katsupgirl 2699934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The ransom of red chief by O. Henry.<br /> An Edgar Allen Poe short story<br /> A Greek myth<br /> Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl (dark but funny)<br /> I'm not sure how long these would take but there could be some discussion at the end to fill time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2699927 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:12:00 +0000 bookwormmama 2699927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe a less known historical figure? A lot of biographical picture books are pretty long/wordy and would probably take 10-15 minutes. There are some really interesting biographies out there on important people that get very little recognition! </p> <p>My other thought was the first chapter out of the illustrated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Even if kids have read Harry Potter I'm sure most would still enjoy it. Plus, illustrated versions are pretty new and I bet a lot of kids haven't seen them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-read-aloud-to-9th-graders#post-2699923 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 20:54:15 +0000 Jennibenni 2699923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agreed to read aloud at a school as part of a literacy week. I assumed when I said yes that it would be a class of younger children, but turns out it's ninth grade (the school is a k-12). What the heck am I supposed to read aloud to ninth graders?? Any suggestions? (10-15 minutes is the reading time.) </p>