Mark Pennington

Posted on 7/02/09

I assign ten points a night for reading-discussion homework.
I've used a weekly reading-discussion log for parents to
record points on and sign, a weekly stamp in the Student
Planner/Agenda indicating the same, and a Weekly Assignment
Sheet indicating the same. All work well.I taught eighth grade
for six years until moving to seventh this past two years.
You will like eight graders. You might check out my "Middle
School Characteristics" on my blog at
http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog

Cheers!

Mark

On 7/02/09, 1styearteacher wrote:
> My student teaching was with high schoolers, and my first
> job is teaching 8th graders in reading. Any advice about
> how things change from 12th graders to 8th graders? :) I
> know, a loaded question! I am mainly concerned with the
> curriculum. Any suggestions about how to read novels in the
> classroom? I am not sure how reading a novel as a class
> will go.... I know a little bit about Literature Circles,
> but I am open to learning more. Most teachers tell me to
> read out loud a lot, or to play tapes. I know there are
> more things that I can do.

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