During this engaging 1:1 stand-alone class that connects reading and writing, students will read a high-interest non-fiction text and practice answering a main idea writing prompt. 

We will begin by choosing an article from a list of personalized, high-interest topics for your learner. We then pre-read the prompt to clarify the purpose of reading. As we read, we will highlight and discuss the development of the main idea and supporting evidence. We also practice secondary objectives such as vocabulary, inferring, and questioning. As we move on to answering the prompt, we will write a topic sentence to state our main idea. We then discuss the best evidence to use and practice paraphrasing and quoting our resources. To set ourselves apart and to earn a high mark on a rubric when we elaborate on our details to further support the main idea. Furthermore, we will use transition words to organize our writing for the reader. Finally, and a part that students generally struggle with, we will present a concluding sentence that wraps up our written response.

A shared Google document will be used to create the written response. After each session, the guardian will receive a reading running record, learner work example, and comments. 

Please sign up for as many classes as you would like. Each class would feature a new non-fiction passage, and we would continue reinforcing the learning objectives with more challenging tasks, such as identifying two main ideas in a text.

I am a fun, exciting, engaging, patient, and understanding educator who enjoys teaching and learning. This attitude is evident in my classes! No boring teachers allowed! 

Jubilant Tutoring strives to offer all learners a safe, friendly, encouraging, growth-bound environment. My teaching strategy is to facilitate the group, leaving most of the discussion to the young learners and letting them take the wheel often. Sharing ideas, thoughts, and questions is highly encouraged, and piggybacking off others is often met with applause. I have practiced literacy groups in the upper elementary school classroom for over 20 years and have mastered facilitating an enjoyable, fun, engaging, and educational learning group where positive attitudes rule and friendly smiles are abundant. 

Please check out my suggested prelude class, The Golden Key: How to Read & Write a Non-Fiction Expository Rubric.

Class Schedule:
1) 10-15 min, read passage
2) 25-30 min, create a short constructed main idea response
3) 5 min, wrap up and celebrate!