How do you have your 9th grade English class read longer selections, such as The Most Dangerous Game?

Question

Do you have them read in groups? Or in pairs? Or individually? I am limited because we only have a classroom set of books, so the students may not take them home. Thanks for any suggestions!

Answer 1

We spent about a week reading it in class. That way or teacher went over different things with us as we read. It gave us a better understanding of the motifs and theme.  

Answer 2

hahaha omg ! we read that story last year in 9th grade. yeah we read it in groups and then discussed what the story was about and stuff :]

Answer 3

We are reading the exact same story at my school. We have our own individual books but we have a cd playing it to us.

Answer 4

I hated that book...but it was better than great expectations

Answer 5

OHH! I love this story, we read this last year as well. I thought it was actually the most interesting and neat story.

Hmm, let's see how we did it in class...

Well, my teacher was quite an intelligent guy, but he was beyond lazy. Everyone of us would get good marks on writing tests, and our CST grades were above the state average, but he was just really lazy. He never took time to split us up into groups. So, we read it together as a class. Everytime something inpotant came up he would stop us and we would discuss it in class. This somewhat certified a wave of ideas. By the end of the day, he would quiz us. Fortunately for us, we each had the book so were able to read it at home, even though it wasn't required.

It took us a long time to read it, but I thought that it was worth it. By the end, I learned pretty much all that I needed to know for the final.

Answer 6

Have them read in smaller chunks in groups first.  Do this activity called "Jigsaw".  Break the class into groups, about 4-5 students.  Then assign a page or so to each group.  Have them read it together and discuss as a group.  After a given time, regroup the class so that the new groups have one member from each of the previous groups.  Each person will take their turn talking about what they read in their previous group.  Repeat as often as you wish for subsequent chapters.

Answer 7

Wow, I didn't know that any other school read that story.

I actually remember reading this in 9th grade. neat.

Answer 8

I use to teach this book as well, shockingly this is one of the few stories still relevant today. You can read together as a class, break the students into groups and have them explain what transpired. If students want to bring the book home explain to them the pertinence of losing the book, assign specific numbers to student who choose to take the book home. Additionally there are many films which subscribed to the theme of this book you can show clips.