This week in LA, we’ll start to dive into the Beowulf story. We’ll be exploring those strategies that “good” readers use to better understand text. One of those strategies is asking questions. How do “thin,” “thick,” “personal,” and “thematic” questions help us uncover a story’s teachings? And what exactly does a 1500 year old story teach us anyways?! (Parents — if you want to brush up on Beowulf yourself, here’s
a link to the summary we’ll be reading in class. No worries — it’s not in old English!)
A few other notes:
1) Students should be reading nightly. They are welcome to “listen” to their choice novels, but I would highly recommend that they follow along with book in hand if they are doing so. Students should all have completed book plans (which can change / evolve over time) and I’m always available for book recommendations. Here’s
a link to my book recommendation padlet as well.
3) Except for Wednesdays, I’m always available for extra help before school — students should just let me know.
4) I’m not perfect, but I’m pretty good abut using
Infinite Campus You (and your student) can check to see the status of assignments (and missing assignments) and by checking the “comments” area, you can see marks for scored assignments. At CHOICE, we use 1-4 scale. 1 = Developing Proficiency. 2 = Partially Proficient. 3 = Proficient. 4 = Advanced Proficient.
Thank you for all your support. Have a FANTASTIC week! -JF