Category Archives: Reading Goals

Speed Summarizing: Period 6

September 15, 2017Reading Goalsboys discussing books, speed summarizingrcjockers

Half the class (of boys):

Speed Summarizing: Period 3

September 15, 2017Reading Goalsbooks to read, favorite books, speed summarizingrcjockers

Speed Summarizing: Period 2

September 15, 2017Reading Goalsbooks to read, speed summarizingrcjockers

What Kind of Readers Are We?

September 15, 2017Reading Goalsomnivors, reading diets, stalkers, vegetariansrcjockers

Period 2

What Type of Readers Are We?

September 22, 2016For Students, Reading Goals, Reading Reflectionsreading dietrcjockers

Period 1 ILA We’ll apparently read anything. The Boys: Picky, and on a strict reading diet. A mix of high-brow and low-brow. A bunch of book snobs and stalkers.

Jake Fones’ Letter Essay #9

June 3, 2016For Students, Letter Essays, Period 3 ILA, Reading Goals, Student Writingbooks, Dystopian literature, letter essay, Letter Essay #9, Period 3, Student Writing, Undertowjfoneshkms

Dear Blog, I have just finished reading the 376 page science fiction book written by Michael Buckley. This book was published on may 5, 2015. I decided this read this book because I was looking through the library in one of my teachers classrooms and found this book. I planned on only reading it for … Continue reading Jake Fones’ Letter Essay #9 →

Mr. Jockers’s Reading Goal

September 25, 2015Reading Goals, Teacher Writing40 book challenge, finding the time to read, I'm so tired at the end of the day, the next Kate DiCamilorcjockers

My “reading goal” is to read at least 40 books this year. I’m challenging my students to do that so I should be able to do it as well. It’s going to take a bit of effort, though, since last year I read 28 books, falling two short of the goal I set for my … Continue reading Mr. Jockers’s Reading Goal →

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