Sometimes we need to dig deeper into what the author might do to develop the characters inside a story. How were they created in the first place? How did their attributes develop? Were they they before the novel started or created as the story developed? Close reading practices should analyze characters for deep understanding justContinue reading “Character Development- digging deeper”
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Showing movie clips after each chapter.
Struggling students read the text or follow along with the text. It is beneficial to help validate or correct some of their assumptions or conclusions with showing the chapter summary or movie clip scenes for each chapter. For most of your classics, the movie follows the book. For example, the Outsiders by Hinton is prettyContinue reading “Showing movie clips after each chapter.”
Drawing Conclusions Anchor Chart Freebie
More Quotes to Introduce “Romeo and Juliet”
“Love at the lips was touch As sweet as I could bear; And once that seemed too much; I lived on air.” -Robert Frost, “To Earthward” “If the heart of a man is depress’d with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.” -John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera “So when you or I areContinue reading “More Quotes to Introduce “Romeo and Juliet””
Vary your reading techniques. Close Reading tip.
As years of teaching go by in a career you learn various techniques for reading WITH your students. Note: WITH your students. That is pointed out simply because too many teachers have succumbed to just hitting play on a recorded book and leave all their other learned close reading techniques behind. Do not fall toContinue reading “Vary your reading techniques. Close Reading tip.”
ELA On The Move 