Among the many reading activities we do weekly is partner share sessions. Here students are talking about the identity, perspective and conflicts faced by the lead character in their current novels. Partners are taught to be attentive listeners and ask relevant questions which extend the conversation. I listen to each student read, by the way, once a week and talk about some aspect with him or her. Finally everyone prepares two pages of notes about the book using the same formula we use for history. In a series of bullet points they note the identities of key characters, their perspectives, problems and solutions. Students also record their personal reactions to various aspects of the book, describe the theme in one sentence and define several memorable new vocabulary words.
This week we've also been identifying and sharing examples of well written sentences or paragraphs. More about this later.
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