Now that we've finished our first published project, it's time to turn our attention more deeply to our reading about the Middle Ages. Many of you wrote to me, saying that you've not considered reading fiction set in the Middle Ages, but that you are open to it. The next unit, therefore, will consist in digging into a book, learning how to become better readers by making connections.
It will be very important for you to read 30 minutes every night, tracking your reading for quotes and ideas. Therefore, you should invest in a small package of sticky notes/labels, so that you can mark pages with significant lines or descriptions. Don't worry, you'll go back to your own choices in the New Year, but this reading is specifically focused on increasing your skills as a close reader of a text.
If you can find a copy of the book you are reading through the local library, you will have access to the book all the time, so I would encourage you to check. If you really like the book, you might consider asking your parents to invest in the book and then donating it to the library here at the school when you've finished (not an assignment, just an idea). Otherwise, make sure you remember to take the book home on the day you see me, and then return it the next day, so other students have access to it as well.
Faire reading, lads and lasses!
It will be very important for you to read 30 minutes every night, tracking your reading for quotes and ideas. Therefore, you should invest in a small package of sticky notes/labels, so that you can mark pages with significant lines or descriptions. Don't worry, you'll go back to your own choices in the New Year, but this reading is specifically focused on increasing your skills as a close reader of a text.
If you can find a copy of the book you are reading through the local library, you will have access to the book all the time, so I would encourage you to check. If you really like the book, you might consider asking your parents to invest in the book and then donating it to the library here at the school when you've finished (not an assignment, just an idea). Otherwise, make sure you remember to take the book home on the day you see me, and then return it the next day, so other students have access to it as well.
Faire reading, lads and lasses!
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We are using the Middle Ages novels to work on our reading strategies: how can we glean or take ideas from a novel so that it has more meaning?
Today I talked about the acronym CAP, which stands for making Connections, Asking questions and making Predictions.
Each time you read I want you to choose an event or a quote.
1. To begin with, mark it with a sticky note that has your initial on it.
2. Write the quote down on a piece of paper that you will use throughout the reading of your novel. See the attachment for today for an example of how I want you to track your quotes. By the time you finish reading your novel, you will have up to 12 quotes (some of you will have more).
Check back here next week for further instructions.
Today I talked about the acronym CAP, which stands for making Connections, Asking questions and making Predictions.
Each time you read I want you to choose an event or a quote.
1. To begin with, mark it with a sticky note that has your initial on it.
2. Write the quote down on a piece of paper that you will use throughout the reading of your novel. See the attachment for today for an example of how I want you to track your quotes. By the time you finish reading your novel, you will have up to 12 quotes (some of you will have more).
Check back here next week for further instructions.
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If you take a book home--on the weekend or just overnight--make sure you are writing down one quote and making a comment in the reading section of your binder, as well as marking the quote in the book with a sticky note.
TIP: You might just keep the piece of paper on which you are recording your quotes inside your novel.
If you're sailing through your book, remember to stop every 20 minutes or every 10 pages to record a quote.
TIP: You might just keep the piece of paper on which you are recording your quotes inside your novel.
If you're sailing through your book, remember to stop every 20 minutes or every 10 pages to record a quote.