Super, Pam. Thank you so much. Paulsen is so good and I have been wondering about Harry and Me. You have posted books I will definitely check out.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Horton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] summer reading discussion >I read Louisiana Sky and Part of Me by Holt--I loved them both! Harris > and Me by Paulsen 6th and 7th graders loved. Northern Light by Jennifer > Donnelly was excellent! > >>>> "Lucinda Marcello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/07/07 1:16 PM >>> > Thank you, Heather. I will put those two books in my class library after > I > read them. Will go buy them today. > > I really need a few suggestions for 7th grade book club or class reads > that > are winners. I have not had time to read many myself this year. If > anyone > has suggestions of books that worked for you for this age group, please > post. I sure appreicate your time and insight. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: [LIT] summer reading discussion > > > I've actually thought about this a lot. I don't think 7th graders could > really get it as much as 8th graders can. However, if you have a mature > 7th > grader, I think it would be fine. Now, just the content in the book I > think > 7th graders can handle easy, but I don't think they can appreciate it as > much as 8th and up. > > If I had 7th and 8th grade classes, I would have the book in my library > available to 7th graders, but would do a book club with it for the 8th > graders only. > > On 4/7/07, Lucinda Marcello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Are Twilight and New Moon appropriate for 7th graders-almost 8th > graders? >> >> Thank you for sharing your experiences with recent reads! >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:51 AM >> Subject: Re: [LIT] summer reading discussion >> >> >> Oh! I just finished Twiilight and am now reading New Moon! I read > Twilight >> in 1 day and it is now one of my all time favorite books! It was very > weel >> written and I loved it! I'm hoping New Moon is just as good. I haven't >> liked >> the beginning so far (where Edward is there) and just got to the part >> where >> he left, and it is getting better. >> >> Twilight is a MUST read. I agree, there are so many levels to the > book, I >> think 8th graders could enjoy it and then read it again in High School > and >> get something more out of it :) >> >> On 4/7/07, Pam Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > I would love to read more YA books. I just finished Twilight and > New >> Moon >> > by Stephenie Meyer---I read them both in 2 days---I haven't been > that >> > involved with books in a long time. Of course the 8th grade girls > who >> are >> > readers have been in linewaiting to read them both---I think high > school >> > readers and 8th grade readers walk away with different > understandings of >> > this book. >> > >> > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/07/07 8:04 AM >>> >> > >> > Bill-- >> > How about choosing a young adult author and/or reading a few young >> > adult selections? I'm finishing up a week of spring break and I have >> > devoted some time to reading some different pieces--Neil > Shusterman's >> > book Downsiders, Ben mickelson's Sparrow Hawk Red and Lawrence Yep's >> > Angelfish. all were fascinating studies--very different from each >> > other--and different from the the author's "famous" works. Good > stuff-- >> > Mary Anne >> > >> > >> > > ________________________________________________________________________ >> > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's > free >> > from AOL at AOL.com. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org >> > >> > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. >> > >> > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Literacy > Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org >> > >> > T> > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. >> > >> > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> - Heather >> >> "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of >> man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments >> fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; >> new races build others. But in the world of books are >> volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet >> live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were >> written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men >> centuries dead." --Clarence Day >> >> "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little >> good evidence exists that there's any educational substance >> behind the accountability and testing movement." >> —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds >> >> "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose >> funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase >> funding. 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Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments > fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; > new races build others. But in the world of books are > volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet > live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were > written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men > centuries dead." --Clarence Day > > "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little > good evidence exists that there's any educational substance > behind the accountability and testing movement." > —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds > > "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose > funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase > funding. 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