Assignment Revisions

Our school had an extra long spring break (yes, poor me) and I was unable to execute my original lesson idea.  During break and upon return, I have revised my idea.  Once we returned, our school began ISAT testing so I backed off of my intention of conducting persuasive writing.  I would not have access to computers for research and also felt that to give the students something fun to work on would better suit their needs.  We have begun an individual novel unit.  Students all chose their own novel to read (any genre) and I begin to discuss elements of literature and the best ideas/methods for analyzing a piece of work.  My new idea is to have students conduct active reading work involving writing (analyzing their novel through the elements of lit lens).  I have not worked out all of the details yet but will keep you posted.....even though class is technically over. :)