This has been a great start to the school year, and students seem eager to learn which is a teacher's dream! Students fill out their agendas daily in ELA. For the most part, everyday homework is reading. Read, read, read... a minimum of thirty minutes per night.
Most students are currently reading a fiction book. We have been discussing character traits and using examples from the text to support their word choice. This concept makes up half of the fiction book reading response requirement. We have also discussed that a summary of a book must include an introduction of the main character(s), and an overview of the major events of the story related to the problem and solution. The summary is the second half of the fiction reading response.
Additionally, we have discussed the timeline of the first due date, which is October 11th. As of today, students have four and a half weeks to read two books AND complete two reading responses. Students know that they need to be working diligently to finished reading their first book choice so that they may be able to begin their first reading response within the next two weeks.
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