*This class will never be canceled due to low enrollment. I will teach to one learner.

When individuals read text, comprehension is achieved when they have schema, or prior knowledge, relating to the topic.  It's their feelings, experiences, thoughts, and opinions that help them understand what they read. I will first do a short activity to explain what schema is and how it helps us understand what we read. Next I will explain the three types of connections we have to what we read: text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world. Finally, I will read the story What if Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick. This relatable story is about how each person's small, everyday choices have consequences. The learners will be prompted during the story to share their connections to the text and explain how their schema helps them understand the story.

Please be aware that because dialogue is learner-dependent, we may run over the timeframe listed.