The holidays will be upon us shortly. That means it is gift-giving season! What is the best gift for any age group? Books!
Sure, it’s easy to brush off books in the gift-giving category. How do you know that recipient hasn’t already read the book(s) in question? How do you know what genre or authors they [...]
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While checking out my Scholastic Book Clubs order, I saw the following ad for a live webcast with Gordon Korman, author of the next 39 Clues book, 39 Clues: One False Note .
Watch the Live Webcast with Author Gordon Korman!
Tune in as Whoopi Goldberg interviews Gordon Korman, author of The 39 Clues Book 2: One False [...]
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Today’s Washington Post has a wonderful profile of YA author M.T. Anderson. As I was reading the article I found myself (mentally) cheering, “Hoo-rah!”.
“It’s insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should,” says the author of “Feed” and, most recently, “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, [...]
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I have been a huge fan of Wendy Mass since I first read A Mango-Shaped Space a few years ago. When I saw that Mass’ newest middle grade novel was nominated for a Cybil, I was looking forward to reading it. While November is always a hectic month as a teacher (convention, report cards, Thanksgiving, conferences, [...]
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am still recovering from a wonderful meal with family and plenty of shopping today. A quick poem for Poetry Friday is definitely in order, especially one for the season.
The Harvest Moon
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanes
And roofs of villages, on [...]
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This year I have a lot Twilight fans in my class. Always one to try and rope the kids into a lesson by using something they are interested in, today I gave a mini-lesson on point-of-view using Twilight and Midnight Sun.
For the past few days my class has been immersed in an exploration of persuasive texts. We [...]
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I apologize for the late notice, but the National Book Awards are currently airing on C-SPAN2. It began at 10:00pm and will apparently be airing for 90 minutes. I am so excited that I will be able to hear the wonderful speeches and see some of my favorite authors.
I do have to admit that [...]
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It’s been a crazy last 36 hours and the insanity continues for the rest of this week. I am loving the constant NCTE updates from those attending and can not wait to go to Philly for the convention next year! Right now I am exhausted but just want to share some news I have gathered [...]
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This week we celebrated publishing our personal essays. I am so proud of the work my students did! Enjoy some pictures of our celebration. :)
Make a Smilebox photobook
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Recently, we finished reading Tuck Everlasting and my students took their novel test. As a class, we read three whole class novels each year, which are novels that my students wouldn’t normally read on their own. The novels are treated as more formal read-alouds, with mini-lessons tied to each reading. My students take quizzes in preparation [...]
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