9th Year Black Beauty Worksheets

Last Tuesday, Sept 30, I visited Norita's and Sofia's 9th Year class. They were both working on chapter 9 of Black Beauty. After observing whole class discussion, pair and group work, and discussion of current issues related to the plot of the novel, I kept thinking of the backbone of their class: their material. This team, the above mentioned plus Silvia G., developed a complete guide for the reading of the novel. I kept thinking that the fact that they had this material allowed them to structure their class around it so that students could have focused discussions about different aspects of the chapter, do pair and group work, and share their views with the whole group. The importance of material development is apparent here. The preparation of these worksheets must have been time consuming. However, after they were done, planning each lesson is immensely facilitated.