Nov 24

Today was such a rewarding day. Even though I was assigned four students, none of whom I would characterize as really engaged with the material usually, all four were just wowed by the chapter we read. We ended in a place in which you're not sure whether one character lives or dies. They were all arguing with eachother about what they thought happened and begged to read on after they were supposed to go back to class! It was so rewarding for a teacher, I started thinking about how we can harness and use this kind of energy. One of the quietest students actually asked me to read aloud to them from the next chapter when we got back to class and found that not all the other groups had finished. It was amazing to see them talking with such animation about school work!