My name is Nicole and I am a junior studying Elementary Education at the University of Great Falls. I am originally from a small town, Cottonwood, Idaho but I moved here for school and plan on living in Montana for a little while longer after I graduate from college.
My goals in teaching right now are to learn as much as I can from my classes and also from teachers that I observe and work with. This will help me see different teaching styles, techniques, policies, and procedures so that when I have my own classroom I will have a good foundation and good idea of how I want my classroom to run. As a teacher, I want to provide my students with the best environment possible so that it can contribute to their learning rather than distract them from learning.
For this blog, I will be starting my posts with a picture of the book I am rating, followed by my rating of the book and why I rated it the way I did. I will be using a 3 star system to rate my books. The criteria I will use to rate the books can be found below.
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Plot
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Plot is well developed with a sequence of events. The
events are in good logical order. There is a clear conflict and resolution.
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Plot contains a sequence of events. The events are in
order but the conflict is not clear or does not contain a clear resolution.
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There are events but they are not in good chronological
order. The climax and resolution are lacking or not present.
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Not addressed
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Characters
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Characters are well developed with clear roles and contribute to the
story. Reader is able to personally connect with the character(s).
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Characters have clear roles within the story. Reader is not able to
connect with the character(s).
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Character(s) are present but do not have clear roles. Reader is not able
to connect with character(s).
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No characters developed
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Style and Language
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Book contains precise vocabulary, figurative language,
and or dialogue. When dialogue is used it is effective and not distracting.
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Book contains precise vocabulary and/or figurative language.
When dialogue is used it is distracting.
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Book contains very little precise vocabulary and no
figurative language or dialogue.
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Book contains no precise vocabulary or figurative
language. No dialogue is used.
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Theme
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There is a clear theme and it is easily identifiable by the story.
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There is a theme but it is a little more difficult to identify.
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The theme is almost impossible to identify.
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There is no theme.
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