Comments on: Waldorf 6th Grade Summer Reading

By: Gilbert

Gilbert — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 02:15:09 +0000

In reply to meredith. No worries, Meredith. My class 6 resources are stored away at the moment (as I'm doing class 4), but if you really can't find them, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

By: meredith

meredith — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 01:08:44 +0000

In reply to Gilbert Van.

Oh, you are so right, Gilbert! I forgot to mention those 6th grade gems — The Bronze Bow and Rosemary Sutcliff. Don’t you just love reading children’s fiction?! I’ll have to look up the book on Pompei and the girl gladiator book. I’ve got a couple of girl gladiators in my class!

Thanks so much for offering up your suggestions!

By: Gilbert Van

Gilbert Van — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:00:20 +0000

Hi Meredith, a good way of getting into class 6 are children’s books. I almost only read children’s books because it is on the students’ level, they will want / have to read them for their termly book reviews and I get to know what is good for them and what could interest them. Unfortunately there are few books for children that are really interesting. Rosemary Sutcliff of course is top of the list, but also “The Golden [Bough], Bow, ..” I’ll have to look it up: a book about Christ’s time that has come to me highly recommended but I have never read, even after 4 times teaching a class 6. The Anmerican author Larsky (?) wrote one on Pompei (the girl in the class loved it).There is a trilogy about a girl gladiator (Vengentrix?) that is brilliant, set in Nero’s time. There are several older books (1950’s) on the Roman invasion of Britain, but they would not appeal to today’s children because of their format and outer appearance.
That’s all I can come up with. I’ll let you know if I find something else

Kind regards

Gilbert