Learning Letter
This quarter has been a jam packed one, especially for this class. Because of this class’s book talks and the required reading of the young adult books, I got into the groove of reading. Through the course of this quarter, I ended up reading 10 full length novels, more than half of which were for pleasure. This quarter I took 18 credits, student teaching 11 plus hours a week, and working, so you can imagine how much time I had to pleasure read; none. So, I pleasure read instead of working on projects, so that was the downfall to the renewal of my passion. But it’s okay, because I caught up. Through the book talks, I was able to analyze what makes a book worth teaching, create my own rational for the books, and come up with teaching ideas for those books. This was a really good experience for me because I had never considered my rationales for the books that I wanted to teach. I am a very passionate person when it comes to books, but I have never articulated why I am passionate a...
