Classroom Book Clubs: Independent Reading Accountability and Assessments - Reading and Writing Haven
Teaching reading in the classroom can be difficult when every student is reading a different book. Still, with solid assessment and accountability procedures organized in book club format, choice reading in ELA classes can be a major success.
Teach Figurative Language and Connotative Language using film clips
Watch Maya Angelou’s “STILL I RISE” poem, and other spoken word poetry performances and ask students to: “Identify, interpret and analyze the poem’s figurative language and theme.” Want more fun practice ideas? Instead of boring task cards or worksheets, use a read aloud video of “Where the Wild Things Are” or film clips from “The Little Prince”and spoken word poetry videos to teach tone, mood, connotative language, negative connotation, positive connotation and figurative language.
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