English students create children's books, read them to first-graders

May 22, 2019 at 11:06 a.m.

by Randy Moll

Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Megan McCollum, Taylor Norman and Brooke Blevins prepare to read their book, "Maverick's Missing Maple Syrup," during their pre-AP English II class at Gentry High School on Thursday, in preparation for Monday, when the English students took their books to the primary school and read them to young listeners. The students wrote and illustrated their books, and then read them to primary school students, as a class project under the guidance of their English teacher, Alishia Ramsey.
Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Megan McCollum, Taylor Norman and Brooke Blevins prepare to read their book, "Maverick's Missing Maple Syrup," during their pre-AP English II class at Gentry High School on Thursday, in preparation for Monday, when the English students took their books to the primary school and read them to young listeners. The students wrote and illustrated their books, and then read them to primary school students, as a class project under the guidance of their English teacher, Alishia Ramsey.

GENTRY -- Students in Alishia Ramsey's pre-AP English II class read books which they both wrote and illustrated to first-grade students at Gentry Primary School on Monday.

Students split up into groups of two or three to complete their projects. After completing their work, the books were laminated by Ramsey to protect and secure the artwork and text on the pages.

The English students finished their children's books and practiced for Monday's reading by reading them to their peers on Thursday in the library at the High School. Students showed their illustrations to the class and took turns reading as they turned the pages of their books.

Then, on Monday came the real test when they read their books to the young students who gathered round to see the illustrations and hear the stories.

Community on 05/22/2019