Independent reading allows students time to read whatever they want to every day. You might remember it as SSR or DEAR, catchy acronyms that originated in the elementary grades, but there are tremendous benefits to allowing students time to read books that they select themselves at the high school level. Here’s
In a previous post I discussed the reasons why you should add free choice reading to your English class – even if you teach upper level AP classes like I do. There’s a good chance that over the course of their high school careers they have lost a lot of
Today one of my students had a college essay that he wanted me to take a look at. I told him we could look at it during our free choice reading time. “I don’t want to do it then,” he said. “I want to read. Can we do it later?” Who
I’ve been using reader’s workshop over the past few weeks and had good success with it. However, the biggest challenge comes from getting good books in the hands of students, especially those who have little experience reading independently. I don’t have a classroom library, but we have a wonderful media
