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4th Grade
- Was very behind in reading
- Started to take an interest in reading
- Teacher would "tease us" with reading a book in class
- Variety of books such as Charlotte's Web, Junie B. Jones, and Esperanza Rising
- To build a sense of community we preformed quite a few small plays
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5th Grade
- Popcorn reading -Books: My Wartime Summers, Maniac McGee, Where the Red Fern Grows, Old Yeller
- Reading Logs for six flags tickets
- Teacher talks
- Started to take an interest in writing
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6th Grade
- Grouped reading and note taking
- Not a lot of intrapersonal exercises in elementary in general
- Books: Island of the Blue Dolphins, the rest of the books were forgettable for me
- Started writing poetry on my own
- At this point I realized that reading and writing didn't have to just be school subjects
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7th Grade
- Catching up to my grade level in English
- Started having more intrapersonal exercises
- Book clubs and book reviews (posters, pamphlets, something physical) Interpersonal
- Books: Diary of Anne Frank, Wringer, The Search for Delicious
- Made hot chocolate :)
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8th Grade
- We kept Journals in class - had the opportunity to share
- Books: To Kill a Mocking Bird and Big Mouth and Ugly Girl, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents
- Frequently stopped to talk about our feelings and frustrations towards the book, lots of tears and frustrations
- Discovered a love for classic Literature
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High School
Freshman - Senior year
- Books: Passing, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Great Gatsby, The fault in our stars, The Bluest eye, The Things they Carried
- Finally joined a book club and a writing club
- Teachers would recommend books to me personally based off my interests -
Future Classroom
Goals:
- I want my classroom to feel more like a home than a classroom.
- I want to be able to inspire my students to read different genres and novels.
- I hope to build real relationships with my students to help them even on a personal level.
- I want to get my students to know that reading and writing aren't just school subjects.
- I want to teach my students how to take notes and how to read difficult texts.