Student Progress: Reading and Writing

Teaching here in Hong Kong can be frustrating, especially when the weather is hot and sticky as it is all through summer. Today however has been a good day in regards to the progress of one of my 11 year old primary students.

Over the past week he has embraced the idea of blogging which has been great to see. He has always been a good writer. Each week he writes one or two compositions from prompts in a book. Now he is putting them all together online on his Wordpress page as well as producing new written material It is very gratifying as a teacher to see this enthusiasm.

Then today he has decided to take advantage of the current school holidays to do more reading. As such he has decided to pursue his current love of Roald Dahl stories and purchase new books. So we got online and ordered Boy and Going Solo, an addition with both Dahl biographies, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, a collection of short stories, and Charlie and the Glass Elevator, the follow up to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So again really gratifying to see such enthusiasm to expand his vocabulary and get immersed in the ongoing adventure of discovering new books.