Help me give my students the chance to read a class text that is both high-interest and diversified.
I believe that creating a love for reading comes from reading authors who have an engaging craft and style.
I am passionate about turning today's learners into multimodal readers and writers who see what engaging text looks like and are able to use models, like Jason Reynolds, to change their perception of reading. Most of my learners are struggling readers and writers who come to me with little to no interest in doing either. "Mrs. Maze, I hate reading. I don't read." These are comments that I love to combat with...
"That's just because you haven't found a book that you like to read yet!"
I make it my mission to turn non-readers into readers, but I cannot do that without high-interest, diversified texts like the illustrated book I have requested, Ain't Burned All the Bright.
That's where you come in! Please help me make this life-changing difference for my learners!
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