Hannah Roque

Over the last few weeks I have been meeting with a conversation partner on the Saint Michael's College campus, and while conferring with some colleagues, I think that my conversation partner consistent with the Level 4 speaking skill according to the 9-12 cluster levels. I based this guess on the most recent conversation that I had with my conversation partner; we had a really interesting and enlightening conversation that was brought on by his homework about cultural differences. Our meeting started with him asking me questions about my culture and then our conversation blossomed from there.  According to the WIDA Can Do Descriptors for the Level 4 speaking section, students at that level are able to: Choose a side and use evidence to defend it Tell about issues and ideas Compare and contrast how people see things Make choices and tell pros and cons of them Use and explain slang and idioms Use speaking strategies In our conversation he demonstrated his ability to tal...

 It's been several weeks since my PLC book club finished our first book club book Eleanor and Park. While talking about it today, we realized that the book exhibits a lot of classic characteristics of YA Lit! In regards to reading level, we realized that it has a low readability but high interest level, meaning that the reading level is lower than the typical reading level for the age bracket (14-18+) but the content within the book is of high interest for the ages the book is meant to be. We organized our thoughts into the table below. Check it out!  Until next time!