Halloween Fun/ Nonfiction
I ended up having to spice up my lessons with some Halloween additives. It is never detrimental to always have a back up plan. Students often become bored or lulled by the daily routine, and sometimes we have to be creative. Enticing seventh graders to get excited about the reading was actually like pulling teeth from a raging cougar. Okay..... SO IT WASN'T that hard! I have them some nonfiction to read about that concerned what Halloween is really about. My students weren't really enthused to learn about this material until I found this link that provided a short film to go with it. Students enjoyed reading about the Salem witch trials and learning about the tests that were given. In turn each group was responsible for explaining one assigned person's death that they had to look up. Some of these people were men, which added to the overall conclusion of the class: Most people were accused due to past misdoing. Middle schools student...