Help - My Kids Just Won't Read

Julianne Horowitz this is such a challenge for me too! In Koschtopia, my students would dutifully read assigned articles at home for the pure, intrinsic joy 

However...that's not always real life!

For starters, I try to be selective about the articles I assign. I learned the hard way during my first couple of years that sometimes assigning too much reading makes students shut down and quit doing it altogether. I also point out the audio versions, which can be a nice incentive for some reluctant readers. 

Occasionally, during a lesson, I'll build in a slide that requires students to apply content from the reading before I teach about it. For example, I might have students draft a quick Venn diagram comparing the Tanzimat Reforms and Qing Self-Strengthening Movement before discussing them as a class. 

Although I'm not much for worksheet-y assignments at the AP level, I do think there's value when you can get students practicing skills while learning the content. Here's one example for Topic 4.6.

Gwen Duralek  how about you? I'd love to hear your thoughts on keeping students reading!

Julianne Horowitz this is such a challenge for me too! In Koschtopia, my students would dutifully read assigned articles at home for the pure, intrinsic joy 

However...that's not always real life!

For starters, I try to be selective about the articles I assign. I learned the hard way during my first couple of years that sometimes assigning too much reading makes students shut down and quit doing it altogether. I also point out the audio versions, which can be a nice incentive for some reluctant readers. 

Occasionally, during a lesson, I'll build in a slide that requires students to apply content from the reading before I teach about it. For example, I might have students draft a quick Venn diagram comparing the Tanzimat Reforms and Qing Self-Strengthening Movement before discussing them as a class. 

Although I'm not much for worksheet-y assignments at the AP level, I do think there's value when you can get students practicing skills while learning the content. Here's one example for Topic 4.6.

Gwen Duralek  how about you? I'd love to hear your thoughts on keeping students reading!

Anne Koschmider said:

For starters, I try to be selective about the articles I assign. I learned the hard way during my first couple of years that sometimes assigning too much reading makes students shut down and quit doing it altogether.

Anne Koschmider this is TRUTH.  I learned that the hard way too. It's is very difficult to "cut" readings that I personally find value in, but the cost of losing students' interest is too great.

As for audio - this is brilliant.   Where do you typically find these?

Question about your beautiful worksheet - do the questions pull from the previous night's reading?  Are students held accountable in some way (verbal/other) for their work on those sheets in class?