My goal as a teacher is
to help each of my students reach their fullest potential and to instill in
them a love for learning. As a Language Arts teacher and avid lover of reading,
one of the most important objectives for me is to teach each student to love
reading and to realize that reading isn’t a chore; it is fun and entertaining.
I want to give them a life-long love for books by introducing new and exciting
novels that we will read at a very in-depth level.
The first book we will be
reading as a class is “Esperanza Rising” by Pam Muñoz Ryan. This is a wonderful novel about a Mexican girl, Esperanza, and
her family’s struggle as they move to America. Although the book is in English,
it will also introduce them to elements of Mexican culture and a vocabulary
word here-and-there, so it will be a fun way to connect English language
learning to our Spanish class. I want to start reading this book as soon as
everyone has their own copy, so I am asking parents to please purchase the book for their child. You can find it on
Amazon, used or new, or at most book stores.
You may view the text online here: Esperanza FULL TEXT.
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