Monday Night 3321 Chapter 14

Comprehension, while understanding what you are reading is important you also need to understand what you write. Learning and understanding to write well and pay attention to what the author is saying is key in developing a good reading and writing relationship.

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 13

Lterary circles: should be lead by the students, normally used with good quality books that can interest anyone, for something like this I would probably use a classic literary work for my classroom something like Shakespeare or Austen. The students should be given sufficient time to act out scenes from the work, disscuss various things they liked or disliked, and be able to anser questions amongst each other.

Again I feel William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet or even Twelfth Night would make a good literary circle title. It would give them plenty to disscuss and think about. Also acting out a scene from the paly would be easier. However, I favor Jane Austen most of all her literary works would also give a good informational about the time frame, but it would still give the students plenty to disscuss and process. So either of these authors to me would make a good choice..

Monday Night Chapter 12

Independent Reading.. yay.. This is why I love reading and buying young adult novels my classroom library will be packed with great titles and every student will find something they like.. This is a great way to help your students find books that will interest them, it will also give them one-on-one time. By reading independently the students can engage each other by doing book reports or projects to present to the class, also allowing them to learn from each other..

Great titles for Independent Reading: Ally Carter's Gallagher Girl series. A private all girls school known as the Gallagher Academy For Exceptional Young Women, is in Fact a school for future female spies. What better series for anyone into books of this kind. Another author would be Rick Riordan, and his Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Generally more for a middle school reading level; however, for those who aren't able to read at a high school level this series would be a good one to read.. This series is also being made into a movie release date is Feb. 12, 2010..

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 11

Guided Reading is normally done in small groups: the goal is to use various forms of literature to help the students comprehend the material.

This time I thought a good author to read about would be Scott Westerfield, he writes sci-fi for adults but also writes young adult novels like the ones featured below. Each series is different usually all of them deal with some type of paranormal characters. These books tend to hold your interest because some deal with subject that are true issues within society. The Uglies series for instance takes place in the future, where upon your 16th birthday you undergo a mandatory series of cosmetic surgery to which you can't get out of, making everyone beautiful. These novels are directed at teens and some even preteens.

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 10

This chapter talks about read alouds.. This is generally where the teacher reads to his/her students. The students usually pay more attention to the content and story this way and tend to enjoy it. Another thing talked about in this chapter are the shared readings, these generally tend ot involve both the teacher and the student taking turns reading, allowing the student to become more comfortable being an independent reader.

Read alouds can be from any book that the students and the teacher can agree upon, I would say it's probably better to choose a book more highly popular at the moment, allowing the students who can't afford to buy the book or have a hard time reading at that level the opprotunity to be apart of the action.

Currently the most popular title is The Twilight Series.. With this you could probably also do a movie day towards the end of the semester as a reward with the schools n parental consent.

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 9

Non-fiction... Usually biographies, Diaries, and historical books fall under this category. The Non-fiction genre tends to disscuss social needs, cultural aesthetics, historic narratives, and lifes lessons. While normally non-ficiton leans toward a more adult audience it has evolved over the years to include a younger audience.

Many more notible works of non-fiction for teens would include The Diary of Anne Frank: the story of Anne and her families struggle during the Nazi invasion, told through the eyes of a young girl. Anne was young when the events happen, but her passion was writing so she kept a diary that was later found amoung their belongings and later published. Another one is Uncle Tom's Cabin, the story follow 3 slaves and their experiences in and out of slavery, taking place in the pre-civil war time of the south.

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 8

Fiction comes in many different forms. Romance, Suspense, Horror, and Sci-fi are some of the more popular forms; however, many books could fall under various genres, making hard to like only one particular type of fiction. Usually students of all ages are able to find something they like within the Fiction area..

I prefer Young Adult novels, not only does reading in this particular category help keep me informed of hot new titles that would ensnare a teens interest, but it also helps me build my library up so that I have books in the classroom for the students to use..

James Patterson, is best known for his Mystery Thriller books; however, recently he has ventured into writing young adult novels, usually with a suspense feel to them they keep the readers hooked every step of the way.

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 7

Picture books.... Again while I understand the need to be able to use picture books to help teach kids the short literary form like poem, sonnets and so forth. I will not be using them in High School level english courses. However, some picture type reading material I find induces teens to read are comic books or Manga. Though they have little educational value sometimes students have to start somewhere..

Various types include the Comic, Graphic Novel, or Manga..

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 6

Traditional Literature... Which would be traditional stories are stories that are from the perspective of a culture. They usually contain oral tradition, values, morals of the culture, preserve significant events, explore the human consciences and keep readers entertained.

A series of books written by Esther Friesner are pretty close to Traditional Literature, but the audience would be for young adult readers. The stories based off of Helen of Troy before she became "The face that launched a Thousand Ships".. Friesner, uses factual accounts of Sparta, Troy and events that took place, while weaving a story of the young Helen.

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 5

This ended up being on poetry; however, not a big fan of poetry.. Blah..

The most recent author for teens that writes using verse is Ellen Hopkins she tells the story of her own daughters decent into addiction. Suprisingly enough for poetry it's pretty good, than again the accounts of the emotions and the problems that the people involve suffer comes from personal account.

This author has also written:

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 3

This chapter talks about how students comprehend, every student comes of course from different backgrounds and assuming that your student has been taught something or that they should obviously know what it is because lets say they live in Texas, doesn't mean they do. As a teacher remembering that students may not be automatically familiar with things you think they should be a good way to start, on the road to becoming a better teacher. A good idea to see what your students know maybe to ask probing questions like if you are talking about the Alamo, ask if anyone as been, or if they know what it is. This will help you get a feel for the way to present the material you are planning to present.

An author that I have recently been introduced to through her House of Night series is P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast. A mother-daughter tag team series. If you liked The Twilight Series you are sure to enjoy this one. This series of books has everything the teens need to be sweept away Vampires, Humans, Celebraties, A Prophecy, and Many Relationship issues. So far the series extends to 6 books with more on the way, keeping your students interested in reading.

Visit the website to learn more: http://houseofnightseries.com/

Monday Night 3321 Chapter 2

As a teacher our classrooms will be diverse, and we must remain objective to personal prejudices, religious views, and bias opinions. Helping to educate the children who walk through your door requires understanding of all different cultures and ethnicities, and remembering to accomedate all the children by decorating accordingly.

Ann Brashares is best known for writing The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.. A series of books that teach you about the complications in life, friendship, and family. They are a very heartwarming series, and each girl is very easily relatable to real girls in society.

Another book that I feel is wonderful to read by her is The Last Summer (of You & Me), this book is for young adults probably more for those getting ready to leave high school behind. It's about two sisters who spend every summer at there parents beach house, both are different personality wise. When their childhood friend Paul return's after being gone for the past 3 years, the girls and him are thrust into new changes and events that bring them into the adult world.

Mon 3321 Chapter 1

I liked the fact it's the teachers job to make the room feel inviting. The students need to see you care by posting positive things on the board, making it fun a living for them, but also educational. A student needs to feel the teacher care about them and this is a good start.

Meg Cabot is one of my favorite authors. 2 of my favorite series are:

1-800-Where-r-u, is about a girl who after being struck by lightning gains a unique power. Afraid of what might happen to her if she is discovered she chooses not to let her family into her secret. Along the way she makes new friends and builds upon the relationship of her old ones. While useing the power to help others seeking no reward. What happens though when the government finds out, and they need to her help locate missing criminals?

The seconde series by Meg Cabot I absolutely love is the Mediator series.

After her mothers remarriage Suze not only gets a new father, but two new step-brothers. On top of that she is forced to leave her city street for the fab California life only the new home her family has just moved into seems to to haunted by a ghost. Yeah just a typical occurance in Suze's life, a ghost who must need her help to pass on to the otherside, or does he, why else would a ghost seek out a Mediator?