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Try getting him some really high interest reading material instead of just depending on school work to help him improve his skills. For example, my son loved the Goose Bumps series of books when he was a 3rd grader. If you don't know them, they are fairly cheesy scary stories appropriate for little kids. Or if he might prefer science fiction or sports stories of joke books or comics, find some of those. If you go to the local library, the librarian can help you pick some things. Then let him do his 20 minutes reading about things he enjoys, and the time will go faster and easier for you both. You can increase the time by a minute or two each night, and before you know it, he'll be reading for 30 or 40 minutes at a crack and wanting more.
The librarian can also help you set him up with books that progress in difficulty--so you can begin with slightly easier books that won't frustrate him or wear him out, then keep challenging him a little each time as you go.
I'll also recommend a great book called Phonics Pathways that can help him master language. I have used it often to tutor second and third grade students. A companion teaching tool for home use is Reading Pathways, which will help build fluency in his reading.
Finally, I suggest that you meet with his teacher and perhaps the principal, as well, to talk about his struggles right away. If he has a good teacher, he or she will want to do everything possible to support his learning so he doesn't fall farther behind.
If I could go back in time as a senior in high school, above all, I would just do more reading, and I would read widely. I did not start on the path to English teaching until I was 26, and although I did great in college and I feel that I am a successful teacher now, my weakness is my reading background. I would suggest using an app like Goodreads so that you can track your progress as you chip away at the literary canon, work by work. The texts that are going to help you the most and serve you for the rest of your career are the ones that most authors allude to, so, I would suggest that at some point you familiarize yourself with these from a literary standpoint:
As far as resources that will give you a head start, I suggest:
Considering pedagogy resources, by the time you are in an education program, there will be new research and new buzzwords, so I won't waste my time here, but these are my favorite resources when it comes to inspiring my teaching:
Lastly, if you go into an English education program with a near-perfect understanding of grammar, your life will be so much easier. I suggest these three resources for brushing up:
Good luck, and let me know if you have questions! If you do anything on this list, just read!
Lots of experience.
First, here are four books I recommend related to this (in rough order of practical to theoretical):
Book Love
Readicide
In The Middle
Free Voluntary Reading
Second, if ALL you did was make sure they read books and developed a love for them, it would be good.
The best way to "keep them accountable" imo is to conference with them semi-regularly to talk about the book they are reading. Something else I do is go around and write the page number they are on. This can give you data on reading rate over time. It also helps to know who is reading and who is faking.
Now, your student population will affect how/when/if you do this. But, I imagine it will be helpful for about 90% of high school populations. Maybe 100. (Free Voluntary Reading backs this up with many many studies)
It can be a struggle, but if you make it part of your culture, you will get buy-in. Consider that I work at an alternative high school with "difficult students". One of my most resistant readers this year ("I ain't reading books. I hate reading..") Has finished like 6-10 books in half a year. She probably hasn't read that many in her last 3-5 years of school combined.
One important key is getting good books.
The most common argument against high school SSR is "I don't have time to that with all the content I have to cover." Depending on how nice I was feeling, I would say, "You don't have time not to." Otherwise, I might say, "Quit wasting student time with so much 'content'. "
What's the task?
One of the things I think new teachers really struggle with is finding or creating good higher level models. Once you've got some really solid graded or anchored models of what you're expecting, motivated students can revise to get there. There's really no limit to this. If they're really good writers, show them some AP essays to humble them a bit.
If you're just looking for strategies to get them to care about process more, I've been using this video for years with high school students: Austin's Butterfly. Beyond the cuteness of a classroom full of elementary kids being genuinely kind and thoughtful, it's a great intro to peer review and getting real improvement.
It's also a bit about the task you choose. Is there any way to get more choice in what they're doing and revising? Maybe some Penny Kittle magic?
They're great. For example, even though I only know 600 characters there are 600 character graded readers based on HSK levels, (which is loosely based on frequency words), so now I can read stories in Chinese even though I barely know many characters! :D. My next level is 1,200 so i'll start reading that when I have 1,000 under my belt:
https://www.amazon.com/Graded-Chinese-Reader-Friends-Stories-ebook/dp/B07C42NJJR/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
This one:
http://www.amazon.com/Guided-Reading-First-Teaching-Children/dp/0435088637/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1344809741&sr=8-3&keywords=fountas+and+pinnell
This one: http://www.amazon.com/Literacy-Beginnings-A-Prekindergarten-Handbook/dp/0325028761/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1344809741&sr=8-7&keywords=fountas+and+pinnell
And this one I cannot stress enough....http://www.amazon.com/Word-Matters-Teaching-Spelling-Classroom/dp/0325000514/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1344809741&sr=8-11&keywords=fountas+and+pinnell
A lot of the things in the grades 3-6 one will be applicable to the younger ones, you just have to think of ways to adapt it. For instance, they go into interactive writing for 3rd graders in that book, but the topic can still be done with k-2, it just needs to be simpler sentences.
Also if you don't have any of the marzano books or the donald baer books, you should probably get those too. Those are great word study/ vocabulary builders.
This explains how Trump got votes. A large portion of the country cannot understand complex conversation or read for comprehension.
You don't mean to destroy the country you just don't know what the hell is going on.
https://www.amazon.com/Scholastic-Success-Reading-Comprehension-Grade/dp/0545200830
For your lack of understanding superior traits vs superior human in own right and name, here are some resources to help you.
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If those are too advanced try this as a starter.
there you go a real page-turner, all 625 pages. Of course as the first book you should read it together with him/her just like you would play the first game together
Reading comprehension isn't a strong suit of yours I see. Have your mom pick up this and come back afterwards.
I really like this as a resource, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists so if you get the other books, this one will be very helpful as you prepare lessons. For example, I consult the verb tenses lists, the Fry Word lists, the grammar points, etc.
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You can find some older ones for under $10 too.
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Enjoy today!
This book is assigned to me in my literacy course for a master's in education.
http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Readers-Academic-Disciplines-Buehl/dp/0872078450
For private tutoring, I've liked Scholastic's Success With... series. They have versions for each grade, and for reading, writing, grammar, etc. They're involved, appropriate for their level, and the writing isn't overly cheesy and out of date like a lot of the British textbooks that get used at a lot of places.
Not enough people know this, but Content Area Reading has been around since at least 1981 with Vacca & Vacca from Kent State. It's a very well-established strategy but it hardly ever gets taught beyond "Hey math teachers, have your students read The Phantom Tollbooth"
There are:
http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Learning-Student-Value-Edition/dp/0132610221
>Are you really thinking he meant Standing, as in Physically?
Yes, that's exactly what he meant.
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>IF those "moderate" muslims were at a rally that included ISIS members marching and shouting Death to America, then yes, they would be ISIS supporters at best.
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> If you don't support NAZIs, dont stand with them. Leave the NAZI rally, find another way to protest w/e you want to protest. But if you (not you specifically) continue to stand next to NAZIs, don't be surprised when you get lumped in with them.
Did you think he meant, being at a rally in spirit and leaving the rally in spirit?
If you give me a PO box I will buy this for you