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Ms. Hill's Classroom

  • Betty Fairfax High School
  • Laveen, AZ
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.

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My first year of teaching, I was forced to teach a novel that the students hated. They were bored, and, in return, they did not do so well on the exam that catered to the novel. The next year, I changed the book to The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The success that I had was mind blowing! The students were so drawn in! They would rush to class begging to read and then would moan with disappointment when the bell rang. They love this book, and my former students always come back and ask if this year's class will get to read it as well. The district I work for refuses to buy new books, because they believe teachers should teach what is available. I believe that we need to reach our students, especially those who hate reading, by finding modern, young adult literature, that appeals to their interests and keeps them engaged. The Road is a post-apocalyptic book set in a barren, destroyed America. The main characters are a father and his son as they travel America, trying to survive when humanity is gone. The characters remain nameless and descriptive-less which allows students to connect to the novel more, since they can picture who they see as the father and the son. The themes focus around keeping humanity and hope alive, especially when that is no longer the case for many of the characters present in the book.

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My first year of teaching, I was forced to teach a novel that the students hated. They were bored, and, in return, they did not do so well on the exam that catered to the novel. The next year, I changed the book to The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The success that I had was mind blowing! The students were so drawn in! They would rush to class begging to read and then would moan with disappointment when the bell rang. They love this book, and my former students always come back and ask if this year's class will get to read it as well. The district I work for refuses to buy new books, because they believe teachers should teach what is available. I believe that we need to reach our students, especially those who hate reading, by finding modern, young adult literature, that appeals to their interests and keeps them engaged. The Road is a post-apocalyptic book set in a barren, destroyed America. The main characters are a father and his son as they travel America, trying to survive when humanity is gone. The characters remain nameless and descriptive-less which allows students to connect to the novel more, since they can picture who they see as the father and the son. The themes focus around keeping humanity and hope alive, especially when that is no longer the case for many of the characters present in the book.

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