It's Not Easy Being Tween / Whole Novels
by Cheryl Mizerny · Published 06/12/2016 · Last modified 09/27/2023
Each school year Cheryl Mizerny’s 6th graders explore three whole novels as a class. In this post, she shares the 10 techniques she’s developed to maximize the experience, including “reading like writers” and applying fiction’s life lessons to their own world.
It's Not Easy Being Tween / Whole Novels
by Cheryl Mizerny · Published 04/17/2016 · Last modified 10/23/2023
Whole-class novel study is one curricular tradition that’s taken a huge beating in the last several years, writes ELA teacher Cheryl Mizerny. But not in her classroom, where Cheryl works to balance indepth novel study with student book choice and read-alouds.
