Speeddating reading

So here is what I did: : Decide how you want the tables set up. I put 10-15 books on each table to represent that genre. I also set up a Power Point with the directions for the minutes. As they came in, they noticed the signs and books, and I could already tell they were picking their genres, even though I hadn't said a word about what we were doing. The romance section was particularly popular, even with the boys, so I added some "non-pink" romances to that table for the boys.

I just told them to sit anywhere and that we would be moving soon enough. I am excited to add a fun twist for when I do this lesson again.

If your choices also express interest in you, the organizer facilitates an exchange of information (email, numbers) and you can then choose to go on a “real” date if you’d like. Two sections of my Reading & Writing class were still discussing “Strikebreaker” by Issac Asimov.

Therefore, the premise of this activity is to have students have many different small conversations about a common text to facilitate comprehension and to practice the larger concept that we. We did a quick lesson on creating thematic statements on the board, and then I had the students comb through their annotations of the short story.

Combined with the stunning countryside, this very vibrant large town has become a desirable and increasingly popular place in which to live over recent years.

Typically working long hours in the city of London, many people residing in Reading find it difficult to date and enjoy getting to know people outside of work.

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I've wanted to try it out for awhile now, and I finally went for it last week.

I wanted to use a smaller "test" group before trying this with a class of 35 eighth graders, so I tried it with our resource reading classes first.

I went through the Power Point slides, introducing speed dating and how it relates to our book speed dating activity. After all the "dating" has finished, each student will choose a playing card from the middle of the tables.

We went over the directions thoroughly, and I made absolutely certain everyone knew what to do. Students who got a heart or a diamond (red card) get a "kiss" at the end of their date (Hershey's kiss). Many of the books got checked out, and the students were really engaged and enjoyed it.