Noticing Newbies

A very important topic, It is my experience that many students get a not so positive attitude toward reading, and then writing, from the sometimes poor choice of materials given to them. Not only do we need to improve skills we need to get people to engage with reading and that means finding the things that they want to read. It is propably more important than concentrating on the 'literary' qualities of the material.
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A Preston Rover,
There was a young Workington feller,
Who noticed the age of the average town dweller,
He wondered a lot where the old folks had got,
Now he knows and he hides in his cellar.