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Goal

A recent study shows that one third, or 32%, of all graduating seniors in the United States perform below the basic reading level. Social media and digital screens are partially to blame for this. Instead of turning pages of a book and getting lost in another world, children spend hours a day skimming and scanning. This leads to spatial memory loss. Turning pages of a books helps the brain to map information visually and structurally. I intend to use this grant to purchase novels for novel studies in my classroom. I want to help my students to find books that they can connect with. These books will be modern, engaging, and Florida approved texts that will allow students to connect with the stories. The hope is to inspire more reading in my students and improve skills that they will need in college and life. When given a pre-test specifically targeting text analysis only 41% of students in my English IV classes passed with a 60% or higher. I would like to improve that percentage to 75% by the end of their senior year.  

 

Category

Books - BEST Books, Approved Books 

 

What will be done with my students

It is my plan to conduct a novel study during the month of November. We will read during class, have book talks, and complete a culminating project that will connect what they have read to real world skills. It will take approximately three to four weeks to complete the novel and the project. I will also give formative and summative assessments throughout the lesson and at the end to evaluate their progress and overall proficiency.  

 

Benefits to my Students

My students currently struggle with text analysis. Many of the passages in our text book just don't hold any interest for them, and therefore they struggle with focusing on the story line. They also lack confidence when it comes to talking about the story or formulating their own ideas about author's purpose or literary techniques. I hope to improve their ability to analyze text, build their confidence in interpretation of author's craft, and continue to build their vocabulary skills. I will use a teacher-generated post test with level 3, 4, and 5 questions to determine their overall understanding of the text. I also hope to see overall improvement on their Common Lit assessments, especially in the area of Text Analysis, as well as improvement on the end-of-year STAR Reading Assessment which looks at all Florida Reading Standards. 

 

Budget Narrative

Sixty books (two class sets) from Walmart = 458.40
Post It Notes in different sizes to allow students to put notes in their book as they read without writing on the pages. Also to add notes to our vocabulary board and our quote board. Being able to see the things that stick out to them or that they have questions about helps me and them have a more complete understanding of their weaknesses, and it also helps us have deeper discussions about the text and the author's purpose. 

 

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