The novel has been selected and the course has been charted on the calendar. Now it’s time to really dig deep. While charting the course you thought briefly about the standards you would cover, the types of projects and presentations your students would complete. Now it is time to tear the standards apart, pull out …
Welcome back! Let’s dive right in. You’ve finished reading and annotating the book. It’s time to begin planning for student success. First things first. Pull out the school calendar and a blank calendar. Why pull out the calendar? Everything that we do needs to be purposeful. Purpose is more than just identifying standards and creating …
You’ve decided which book you want to use for a class novel study, what’s next? Well, what shouldn’t happen next is educator and students reading the book together. I can say with some pretty strong confidence that this is not an effective way to study themes, explore new vocabulary, facilitate literature circles, or discussion that encourages …