not only Julian, but I learn something new every week, I had been, for example, never heard of " Lexiles . This is a method by which the difficulty of a text can be measured. Not that I would believe in such methods or tables or Julian supply of reading material now on the "right" level of difficulty would, but I found it interesting anyway. The database informed me that "Bob the bouncy kitten " the book that Julie had read about two weeks, with 490l is rated as "Double Trouble " - reading the last week - is 660l. The normal range for the 3rd class (in the middle of the school year) is 330 to 700L - who has set the whatever. With 490 to 660l Julian is quite good in the race - and that without us so far from "Lexiles" he knew or ever read "practice" would have. Julian simply reads what he is interested!
Very eloquent, I found the statement on the website that have students who are interested in a particular subject (and therefore motivated) are able to read texts that are actually on their "reading level". Too bad that their "normal reading level" apparently terms of boring text, by which they have to struggle without much enthusiasm. I do not believe that the reading skills in children develops gradually, each year, about 100 L, as suggested by the table, but in reality for a while and then explodes stagnant at a time, without notice, so to speak. When the time is ripe, the child will suddenly take a giant evolutionary step and read with the greatest matter of course books, which just weeks ago were far beyond his reading ability.
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