WEEK 11 Reading Rockets

About Stephen... and Fresh Starts

By: Brenda Dyck

This article is from the teacher's perspective . SHe has been working with an ADHD student and requested to continue working with him in the upcoming school year. Three important things I learned from this article are:

1. Teachers can give students fresh starts and new hope. 

2. Your reputation (even as a student) precedes you:  Negative information about your past experiences does follow you.

3. You can be the difference in one student's life/education/academic career.

However, the most important thing I learned was: She believed she had made learning breakthroughs with Stephen that she wanted to continue to nurture and stated: Langston Hughes so astutely observed: "When people care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul."

WEEK 11 Chapter 8

I am going to ask questions from Section C2-b in Chapter 8 of our text. I think these questions are relevant because I chose the book: "The Great Spaghetti Mystery"

1. Consider different possibilities for the most "interesting" or "surprising" part?
2. Think about WHY this part was interesting or surprising?
3. Tell WHAT was interesting or surprising.
4. Give an example from the text.
5. Tell WHY you were interested or surprised.