Fifth grade language arts GT has had fun exploring a variety of genres this year. We have established literature circles with roles assigned, and the kids do a great job of being student leaders to make sure conversations about our books are meaningful AND fun. Most of these kids love to read already. Many of them, however, tend to read the same genre (fantasy, adventure, etc.) I am trying to make sure we branch out and try books that they might not pick up on their own. The picture here is a character study we did when reading "The Westing Game" - a great mystery. The kids were assigned a character to "become." Each character was a potential suspect in the murder-mystery, and they had to create an alibi for themselves as they read the book. The kids even took it a step further on some days and had fun role-playing their character in class. Hopefully, they had a chance to see how fun a mystery can be when you put yourself in the role of trying to solve it, not just simply read. Do I expect them all to love every book and therefore every genre? No, but I hope a little exposure might make them step out of their comfort zone on occasion and try something new.
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