Six Pick Reading Challenge

What a great way to encourage independent reading in students!  Could always have book talks afterwards!

http://www.conversationpieceslearning.org/six-picks-reading-menus.html

Word Map

A Raisin in the Sun-Resource Guide

A Raisin in the Sun-Chicago Public Library

Student engagement in grammar

-Try having students look for a particular grammatical items such as quotation marks in books.  See if they can figure out the rules based on what they see in the books.  In small groups then brainstorm what they think the rules are.  Then review the rules together.

Teaching grammar through student writing

Sentence Structure

1.      Highlight the simple sentences in your memoir.  If you have too many simple sentences, revise for compound or complex.

2.      Identify at least 3 simple, 3 compound, and 3 complex sentences from your memoir in the chart below.

3.      You must label the simple and compound sentences with the S(subject), V(verb), and (,conj) conjunction.

4.      You must label the complex sentences with SUB (subordinate clause), put a box around the word that begins the subordinate clause, and circle the comma (,) that comes after the subordinate clause.

SIMPLE	COMPOUND	COMPLEX

Students choose their own novels for instruction

Another way to differentiate!  So often teachers tell students what books to read so that we can instruct them on how to read.  However, so much of common core calls for students to be independent thinkers so why not read independent novels for instruction.  This is especially useful when doing genre studies.  Have everyone pick a novel in their reading level from a certain genre.  Students still could still either fill our roll sheets or do the roles in their books using post it notes.  They could still work on specific skills through the novels.  The difference is students have to think on their own about what they read.  You don't have all the answers!  Students could still have discussions about their books.  The discussions will center more around the similarities of the genre then the book itself.  This will also help give students suggestions on other books to read.

A Raisin in the Sun-Enrichment Activity

Good activity for enrichment with A Raisin in the Sun

http://www.d131.org/database/teacherdownloads/%7Be82f6306-2bf2-46e1-bd05-6731c5c31de0%7Da%20raisin%20in%20the%20sun%20preliminary%20activities%202011.pdf

A Raisin in the Sun

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/raisin-sun-quest-american-dream

Might be good for Challenge