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Thoughts about CM on Teacher Prep at the High School Level
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No problem! Hope you have a wonderful weekend at the convention!
By the way, I was re-reading over my earlier comment and realized it may not be clear what I was asking. Sorry. You already mapped out ideas of looking at the readings, making note of key ideas, etc. What I was wondering is, you mentioned the potential of taking these notes on books that were sequential. Using Module 6 books for example, would you do this for all the books? Or just certain books? And is there any certain way you might go about that process?
I also wonder if, at the high school level, how to approach the pre-reading review step since they are much more independent now. For example, in the Module 6 guide (which I just purchased last week and absolutely love it – in fact, I wish I had started using these guides sooner!), the lesson starts out with a short review of previous material covered. Maybe you could have a meeting so to speak at the beginning of the week with your highschooler, and do some short review for the readings for that week. Then they would do their readings for that week and you could have discussion time at the end of the week – going over narrations and pointing out any key ideas/points missed. Any thoughts?
Guess what Sonya…I just found your comment on your blog post “Find Your Bearings” in the series on narration where you talk about how to approach the pre-reading review with an older student. 🙂 So I think you just answered my second question above!
I think, though, that the option of doing a quick review at the beginning of the week with a highschooler could still be very helpful. Don’t you? Kind of like having a beginning-of-the-week overview of the work for the week, then an end-of-the-week discussion and review of the week’s work.Thanks for your patience while I got home and unpacked. Glad you found a helpful post on the subject. Love your idea of doing a little touch-base meeting each week. As far as Module 6 books, I don’t think I would do it for all the books. It’s up to you, of course, but my tendency would be to not do pre-reading reviews on the books that tell the stories of various men and women, who may not be directly connected to each other. For example, 7 Men Who Rule the World from the Grave or Rescue and Redeem. Reviewing the previous chapter wouldn’t necessarily prepare the student to read the next chapter in those books. Whereas, a review before the next chapter of Hitler or Stalin, or any of the Albert Marrin books, would help keep the story line going. You wouldn’t need them for American Voices either, since that is a collection of various documents and literary pieces and doesn’t necessarily have a story line in itself. Do those thoughts help?
No problem! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Regarding the weekly meetings, I think the beginning of the week meeting would be a good way to fit in quick reviews, point out any things in the upcoming readings that may need some clarification, etc.
Regarding pre-reading reviews for the various books, thanks for giving an example with the Module 6 books. It is very helpful! Obviously, America: The Last Best Hope books that are scheduled would be ones to do a pre-reading review as well since they are chronological history.
I just want to add in also – THANK YOU for all the resources here at SCM. I’ve read through a lot of the blog posts and have even re-read many of them. I just ordered LDTR this past week and already received it. I sat down yesterday evening and read pages and pages of it. I am so glad I bought it! I love how you’ve compiled in one book all that CM says on habits and added in your comments as well. It is very helpful! Thanks for all your work and the work of the SCM team for putting together all the many resources here to help others!
I think, though, that the option of doing a quick review at the beginning of the week with a highschooler could still be very helpful. Don’t you? Kind of like having a beginning-of-the-week overview of the work for the week, then an end-of-the-week discussion and review of the week’s work.
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