My Transitional English classes are working either individually or in groups of two to write a K-2 children’s story. We have spent about 5 class periods working with published children’s stories and analyzing the story arc and layout of the story. We are looking at text structure and features. The students have been reading children’s story…Read More

Books and Bobcats–The BEST Combination
Through my 2017-18 ARI grant, I plan to build relationships with our two feeder schools and aloow my Transitional Senior English students to become authors with a “published” finished product they can allow others to read. I want to use class journals and help the students become authors of “what they…Read More

I worked with my Transitional ENG classes to help them reach benchmark in English and Reading through repeated reading, writing and peer editing. I wanted my students to have a better appreciation for being from Eastern KY and I think reading Appalachian Literature has helped my students see the beauty in our region. I would like to thank ARI…Read More