And I would say ALL students should be doing this. Jan
On 11/10/09 4:48 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > To help with the notion of an advanced reading class you may want to consider: > 1. Use questions that employ Bloom's top 3 levels, analysis, synthesis and > evaluation > 2. Use projects that allow students to use one or more of their multiple > intelligences > 3. Use DeBono's six hats thinking framework to analyze various literature > selections > 4. Have students create multi-media presentations for the class regarding > various literature selections > 5. Have students engage in a debate regarding characters - protagonist vs. > antagonist > 6. Use Kohlberg's levels of moral development and relate to various > characters in the literature selection > > Hope this helps. > ---- reading <[email protected]> wrote: >> The school where I teach performs very well on state standardized tests. In >> reading I believe the scores are well above 90%. This is my first year >> teaching 7th grade and the first year of a newly developed "advanced" >> literature class which I am teaching. I'm struggling with how to make the >> class "advanced". And now we are supposed to present to the >> board.Theoretically, I don't like the concept of the class. I don't think my >> philosphy of teaching meshes well with leveled reading classes. I wanted to >> hear others opinions. Does your middle school have advanced classes? >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
