We are skillful readers

"No two persons ever read the same book."

–Edmund Wilson 

Our students are learning to read with expression.

After visiting the website http://www.storylineonline.net/ they got to hear what a good reader does as she reads a story aloud.

• They speak clearly. 
• They modulate their voice depending on the character's feelings and situation, and when different characters are introduced at various points in the story. 
• They pause for effect. They cackle, and sob, and rasp away...

Skill Factor 
The students practiced reading to a buddy; and then they read aloud at home.

Will Factor
Most students took on the challenge of reading out aloud to an audience. In class, we have often spoken about moving out of our comfort zone in order to learn. This learning engagement provided the perfect opportunity for them to do so.

Thrill Factor
Listening to the final product, and realizing that they have met their success criteria gives the students the confidence they need to set the bar higher. They also get to see each other's videos and learn from them.

Come and let us listen to them...

Once upon a time... 

Neema 

Ami

Kaarina

Jovana

Mize

  

Seah

  

 Yejee

 

Hana Y

What if Kid's narrated BBC's Planet Earth?

Take a look...

Man is not an island

“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” 

― Zora Neale Hurston

Island, By Armin Greder
What a wonderfully, depressing book! But so much to talk about. When we select short books to read aloud, it is with the purpose of discussing how the world work; how human beings treat each other; how we treat each other. This books, along with its haunting illustration was a perfect way to end our Thursday afternoon.

 

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