I received Lucifer's Hammer from my parents for my birthday...yay apocalyptica. I've already started it. I'm starting to wonder if the story that I'm writing isn't about the end of the world somehow. Hmm.
I spent all day today canvassing Greensboro for a job. In talking to one AP who I know personally, I received two more recommendations. First, QBQ! by John Miller. This one is about personal accountability. Second, It's Being Done by Karin Chenowith. This one is apparently about strategies that have actually worked in practice with a variety of minority groups.
I bought QBQ! when I went to the bookstore this afternoon, but I couldn't find It's Being Done. According to the B&N employee who helped us, it needs to be ordered and it will cost $27 I don't have. So, it will have to wait. I also bought Teach Me I Dare You! by Judith Allen Brough, Sherrel Bergmann, and Larry C. Holt. It's also about strategies for working with "disenchanted and disengaged youth"? It should be a useful book with lots of ideas, although privately I'm hoping "disenchanted and disengaged" will be the minority instead of the norm in the classrooms I am considering.
Who Am I?
- Mrs. R
- I am a stay at home mama to two sweet girls. I am a teacher with 8.5 years in the classroom plus two years of homeschooling my girls. I work part time in a drop in day care and at a local performing arts venue.
Books I'd Like to Own
Big Girl Books:
Teacher Books:
Newbery and Caldecott Award Books:
Teacher Books:
Newbery and Caldecott Award Books:
Cool Vocabulary Game
3 comments:
I'm so glad you enjoyed your book! By the way, I finished My Sister's Keeper and it was amazing.
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It's me again! I just finished Twilight (in one day) after a bit of a struggle at the beginning. I felt like it was circular at first (obviously Edward is constantly reminding Bella in the beginning of what he is...blah blah blah) but once I got past that it was quite good. So I'll be moving on to New Moon and Eclipse just in time for Breaking Dawn. Now I understand all the hype!
My junior at-risk students really connect, at the beginning of the year when we read pages 388-392 from Pat Conroy's book, MY LOSING SEASON. Prereading activity is showing the clip from PRINCE of TIDES where the mom serves the dad dog food. My students connect to the abusive father and are amazed to learn what Pat Conroy went on to become. I devote the 1st 2 weeks of school instilling THE POWER OF WORDS; they can kill and they can cure.
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