I would love to get some community members to assist in improving my 9th grade students' reading abilities. Looking for anyone who has about 30 minutes a week to devote to listening to students read and simply discuss the plot with one or two students as the story is read. A lot of my students who comprise the lower reading levels need some positive modeling of what just comes naturally to most avid readers: interacting with the text, questioning, predicting, picturing the action in your mind........Of course, I teach all of this in class, but to have more one on one interaction would definitely improve their reading abilities.

No preparation on your part; I will have all materials ready for you. This could really help increase our school grade! I am going to try it out in my classroom for a few weeks and then hope to grow it to include some help for all four 9th grade English teachers.

My 9th grade class times are 9:35-10:30 and 1:15 to 2:10.
Volunteers would take just one to two students.

Help would be appreciated any day of the week. Please just email me at myerskel@osceola.k12.fl.us, reply to this thread, or send me a PM if you might be interested in helping our students become better readers.
I can send you directions on how to become an Oasis volunteer so you will be allowed to work in the classroom.

You might remember some of these works........
A few upcoming stories/plays/novels include:
"Most Dangerous Game"
"Scarlet Ibis"
"The Interlopers"
"Cask of Amontillado" and "The Black Cat" (Poe is always around Halloween!)
"Poison"
The Odyssey
Romeo and Juliet
Fahrenheit 451
The Lord of the Flies
To Kill A Mockingbird
or students' choice of a novel...teen lit

Thanks!

Kelly Myers
CHS English teacher (9th and 10th grade honors)
NBCT