Reading is exceptionally important to becoming a better communicator. I know how hard that is to convey and persuade high school kids to believe. So I plan on pushing them into a bit. As part of an ongoing assignment I am going to require my students to read one book each quarter. I found this site that divides up book recomendations for girls and guys of high school age. What do you think would be the best way to assess this? I was thinking I could create a few choices so my students at least feel like they have some control. Any thoughts? http://www.c-t-l.org/high_school_readers.html
Aug 14, 2007
I introduced the idea of one outside novel per quarter and of course heard the collective groans. I decided to pull students to my desk one at a time. I'm letting them peruse the approved reading list and use the computer to research the book reading reviews and excerpts to aide in the selection process. So far- every student I've pulled aside has made a selection. More importantly, I got zero attitude about the process. I'm hoping I'll have nearly every student assigned to a title by this time next week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I, too, am requiring the same thing!! Well, actually - we will do 2 novels together - the idea is to allow them a choice in the 1st 9-weeks, together in the 2nd 9-weeks, on their own in the 3rd 9-weeks and the district required novel together in the 4th. I'm hoping by doing it this way I can see the improvment from the 1st on their own to the 3rd after they've worked with me and then (in theory) they will excel in the district required reading:). I used the list from the library only because I know they'll have the books, but I want to check out this list as well - just got back in town today so I'll let you know later in the week - what a great idea Laurie! Joining us for lunch Thursday?
ReplyDelete