As we started reading Of Mice and Men, I began by having my students write about their best friend. Two of my students wrote about me. Now I'm not naive enough to think I am their best friend, but they both wrote about how much they enjoyed reading, something I truly believe. Both of these students literally ask if we can read longer than 25 minutes.
I also have a student who constantly complains about literally everything we do. Today when we were reading, I gave him a copy of Durango Street, which I had seen him reading earlier. He started to complain, but when he saw it was a book he liked, he said, "Oh well, I like this book." For him, this is incredible progress.
I am monitoring my ESL students to see if they make the transition from Spanish books to English. To me, this would indicate a significant increase in English fluency.
I am bringing in some Stephen King novels. I'm interested to see the reaction.
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