Every inch of space has been used up, showing the hard work and effort that the Grade 7 and 8s have accomplished while reading these two reputable novels.
Each chapter, students worked in partners to complete a different task analyzing, representing and discussing important details within the chapter.
See the different tasks in a earlier blog post!
Here is the Grade 7 bulletin board, filled with student work in a in depth examination of The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Here is work showcased from students in 8V and 8V in their thorough study of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
My hope is that through this unique novel study, students will remember the key themes within both novels, and that they had fun while learning different strategies for successful reading!
Here are some student and parent testimonials about our whole group novel study:
"When you [Ms.Valcourt] first introduced to us the book [The Outsiders], I was not excited to read it because I don't like reading that type of genre, but now after finishing it, I am so happy we read it, I absolutely loved it!"
"I really liked that we worked with a partner to complete the tasks. It helped me think about ideas that I hadn't thought about and it was fun working together to complete the tasks."
"My child has began reading more at home and I owe that to you and what you are doing with your students. Your unique teaching style has been proven to help my child improve in his reading and writing, so thank you immensely."
"I really liked the different tasks we worked on, like the emoji summary and plotting with sound. Instead of just reading the novel and answering questions on a worksheet, I really liked how it was fun doing the tasks, I think I learned more because I was having fun. Also that there was not a lot of homework because we had enough class time to finish it."
