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what do you have your students do for summer reading?

by sb

Aug 4, 2011

I am teaching Pre-AP for the first time. The kids have summer reading. They are given the summer and the first three weeks of school to complete the reading so the assignment needs to be given at the end of the third week. Students have a choice of 12 books and must read 2. So I need to do an assessment that can be for any of the two books. Here are the ideas: - Dialectical Notebook (I HATE this choice because it is really easy to BS) - Give the kids four essay options that use both books. Kids are provided with the essay topics in advance and select one to do as a times write. They can also bring in annotated copies of the books, but only get that 45 minute period to write it. Essay option examples would be like this: Selects a main character from one of the summer reading books and place that character in the other summer reading book. Analyze the differences that would happen in the book. Try to focus on personality traits of the character rather than outward appearance or gender of...See More

agsrule! We review the levels of questions. Then we have a socratic seminar.

Aug 4, 2011

Sara On 8/04/11, sb wrote:

First off, what's the point of this? I get the point of reading but what's the point of 45 minutes to respond to reading? It sounds like it's some kind of a policing effort because writing and writing about literature particularly is a reflective task.

That said, the questions makes sense. What we do here i...See More

Aug 17, 2011

Shawna Arthurs I think the question you raised is an important one: "What's the point of this?" We, as teachers, need to be able to answer that question ourselves if we hope to lead our students to the answer. I kindly disagree with your opinion that the AP students should not be required to read during the summer. You said it gets to be about policing the studen...See MoreI think the question you raised is an important one: "What's the point of this?" We, as teachers, need to be able to answer that question ourselves if we hope to lead our students to the answer. I kindly disagree with your opinion that the AP students should not be required to read during the summer. You said it gets to be about policing the students. While it is true that most students would not look forward to reading two books during the summer, they need to be held to higher standards than if they were not taking an AP class. They have to set the bar high for themselves, as their teacher will set the bar high for them. Reading during the summer will give them good preparation for this.

On 8/17/11, Sara wrote: > On 8/04/11, sb wrote: > > First off, what's the point of this? I get the point of reading > but what's the point of 45 minutes to respond to reading? It > sounds like it's some kind of a policing effort because writing > and writing about literature particularly is a reflective task. > > That said, the questions makes sense. What we do here is give > them essay choices and they are to hand in their essays at the > end of the first week and the first day of school we do > discussion seminars on the books. > > If it were up to me, I wouldn't assign summer reading. Kids > should read but when you get right down to it, it's hard to > make someone read and then you get into all the policing stuff > - like you said - you don't want a book that can be BSed. > > If it were up to me, I'd choose one book with a strong point > and a thought provoking message and assign that. But we give a > long list and tell them to choose two but a third of them has > to come from a shorter list of six. >> >> - Give the kids four essay options that use both books. Kids >> are provided with the essay topics in advance and select one >> to do as a times write. They can also bring in annotated >> copies of the books, but only get that 45 minute period to >> write it. Essay option examples would be like this: Selects >> a main character from one of the summer reading books and >> place that character in the other summer reading book. >> Analyze the differences that would happen in the book. Try >> to focus on personality traits of the character rather than >> outward appearance or gender of the character. Focus on >> major parts of the plot like the climax, rather than the >> entire book. >> >> What do you all do? What are your thoughts? Thanks!

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