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Home : 2009 : Aug : 26
They understand allegories for instance, far better than the average student. Therefore, they also compare and contrast - and use symbolic language more fluently. Cause and effect are their domain also; you hardly need to teach it, mostly you let them use it. Debates work well on both history and literary topics. Start small - there are many sites that will give you basics of debate for middle school students. They also write fiction well; short stories definitely, but also good poetry and drama. Though essentially 6th grade is too young for true essays (remembering that there is a difference between and essay and a composition) GATE would be an exception. The 7th graders can and I would think 6th would also; but ease into it. Note taking - especially the Cornell system - is good and teaching them to not only take notes but develop them into research papers is a good GATE exercise. Mind you, I said TEACHING THEM. This should be approached with care so that they learn methods correctly and aren't just dropped into them unprepared. For literature, the first thing I'd do is choose an all class novel, and as you read stress the three basic types of conflict: man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. himself. And let them write to topics related to that. Then the next novel expand than to comparing conflict with the first novel. I hope there are some ideas here you can use. AJ
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