Mrs. Mac, Can you share you discussion prompts with us? Thanks, Ashli
On 7/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mrs. Mac wrote: > > With my honors classes I use high level novels and conduct Book Bites. > > Students are given 4 weeks to read a novel. The 4th week I hand out a > list of > > 15 to 20 discussion / prompts for the students to prepare for Book > Bites. On > > the day of Book Bites we all volunteer to bring our favorite finger > > munchies. We use the prompt / questions and discuss the book for that > period. I tell > > them I will be choosing one of these questions for them to respond to in > a > > Response to Literature writing. It will not be a traditional book > report, but > > we will address conflict or theme as well as symbolism, connections and > > evaluations. Since it was my first year I already want to change and > adapt this > > Book Bites to my Basic Classes using the stories in the Holt . . the > better > > ones, what few their are. My problem is finding enough novels for all > the > > students. Perhaps I could do Literature Circle Book Bites and have group > novels > > in the same genre or author or theme. > > > > Pam writes: > This is a really cool idea. I think I'm going to see if I can tweak it > to > fit my kiddos. I'm also going to share with our gifted teacher. > > > > Pam Tempest > Team Neon-6th Gr. ELA > Hudson Middle School > http://nlcommunities.com/communities/tempest > > "The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as > that every child should be given the wish to learn." John Lubbock > > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
