The Moon Is Down, Day Three

Discussion   As students enter the classroom on Day Three, they would find a discussion prompt on the whiteboard:   What were you thinking yesterday while we read?  Be honest and share it with your neighbor.     After five minutes, I would open the...

The Moon Is Down, Day Two

Again, this will be a short post, but I do hope that it will inform others of my thoughts on the subject of teaching the novel and teaching / modeling reading habits and skills.  In the end, the objective of the lesson is to reinvigorate the students’ natural...