Literature Circles Provide Choice and Inspiration!
Help me give my students new and exiting titles that will allow them choice in what they read!
$607 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My students are wonderful and inspiring young people. They are just starting their high school experience and deserve to be inspired by the books they read. Many of them are struggling readers, and most of them have never had a say in what they read at school. The curriculum in our district is fairly prescribed, offers little choice and limits students opportunity to direct their own learning. We are trying to change that!
This literature circle unit will provide a student centered and student driven learning experience.
They will opt into a book study group based on which book they want to read. With their peers, they will set their own reading calendar, engage in authentic book discussions and design an end of unit project that reflects their learning and thinking inspired by the text.
The titles in this project reflect the backgrounds and experiences of my students. Many students (past and present) were consulted when making this list of books and therefore, many of these vetted titles are sure to draw in even my most reluctant students!
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