![]() The teacher needs to be able to see that the students understand what they are reading and what is happening to the main character, how he is coping, what his actions are, and how this applies to the students' lives as well. I think the students needed more direction when they met in their books clubs, and they also needed to be provided with an activity, project, or writing assignment to complete regarding the concepts discussed instead of just talking about it. It could work for some students, but I think there needed to be other options depending on the learning styles and levels of the students. Boring! Plus, the graphic organizer was very juvenile. They were basically just told to "discuss" these concepts and then fill our their graphic organizer on the main events in that section. I felt that the concepts discussed each meeting time were good (courage, change, responsibility, difficult choices, and how all of these concepts applied to the students' lives as well as the main characters), but the students didn't really have to do any meaningful assignments each meeting time. I like that there was choice provided to the students on which books that they wanted to read, but you also have to be careful that the boys don't just choose books that their friends choose so that they can be in the same group. I think there needs to be shorter reading sections due, as well as more meeting times to really get into the novel and make it meaningful. In addition, I think dividing each book into only four sections and having a section due each time the groups met was a little too much. Doing a book talk on each book to get the students excited and interested is a great idea that was suggested. Of course, this is just a "suggested" book list, and the author does include the Guys Read website link to find more books. Most of the books were very old or not very exciting I definitely think there are better books our there for boys that could be suggested. First of all, the suggested book list that the author of this lesson provided was not very good. However, I felt that it was very broad and didn't live up to the potential it could possess. Overall, I thought this lesson had a great concept behind it. They use the persuasion map from the RWT website to complete this assignment and refer to their graphic organizers to find three main reasons that support their thesis. Finally, students write a persuasive essay that discusses ways in which the main character displayed or failed to display courage throughout the novel. As they read, the students must fill out a graphic organizer from the RWT website to record the main events of the novel. Students also meet in their book clubs every session and discuss these elements. As the students read their selected books, they have whole-class discussions on courage, what it means in their daily lives, how the main character in their book displays courage, difficult choices, responsibility, and change. The students are broken into groups according to which book they chose, and they have to break the book into four sections and set a reading schedule. The teacher starts out by discussing the concept of courage with her male students, and then allows the students to each choose one of five books that have a male protagonist. Essentially, this lessons is like what we did with our book clubs. I thought this would be an interesting lesson to analyze to see how this particular teacher motivates boys to read, and what books she chose for her male students to read. I chose this lesson to review because in class we have been discussing ways to motivate boys to read, as well as exploring resources about book directed towards males. Students read and discuss their chosen text with peers, use online tools to review the main events, and draft a persuasive essay about their novel. Each of the recommended novels deals in some way with the concept of courage, and students are asked to consider how individuals can demonstrate courage through their everyday actions. In this multisession lesson, students choose one such novel to read and study. The Read Write Think Lesson I chose to analyze is "Boys Read: Considering Courage in Novels." Research suggests that many boys are drawn to books that spark discussion and offer positive role models.
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