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________________________________ From: "lit-requ...@literacyworkshop.org" <lit-requ...@literacyworkshop.org> To: lit@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2009 12:00:08 PM Subject: lit Digest, Vol 48, Issue 2 Send lit mailing list submissions to lit@literacyworkshop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/lit_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lit-requ...@literacyworkshop.org You can reach the person managing the list at lit-ow...@literacyworkshop.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of lit digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Read-aloud Recommendation (wr...@att.net) 2. Re: Read-aloud Recommendation (Alice Cortigiano) 3. Re: Read-aloud Recommendation (Barbara Lazar) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:34:06 +0000 From: wr...@att.net Subject: Re: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."<lit@literacyworkshop.org> Message-ID: <100320090334.9371.4ac6c62e00045f4b0000249b22230682229b0a02d29b9b0ebf0a9b079...@att.net> Crash Freak the Mighty ----------- Original message from Nancy Carroll <creativte...@yahoo.com>: ----------- > Hi Everyone, I'm looking for a read-aloud recommendation for a 6-8 grade small class. Something not overly silly that would send 7th grade boys into wackyville, but entertaining enough that I could readaloud as a sponge activity or any short > stories you'd recommend. Not Stargirl or Harry Potter. Thanks! > racyworkshop.org. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:29:52 -0400 From: "Alice Cortigiano" <a...@take5audio.com> Subject: Re: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'" <lit@literacyworkshop.org> Message-ID: <6075706261fa4da88e545efe0a06b...@d5stjy71> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thanks...i am currently reading "Touching Spirit Bear" with my eighth graders...they are actually getting into it. YAY! Alice Cortigiano John Martinez Magnet School "Where the Sun Always Shines" -----Original Message----- From: lit-bounces+ac=take5audio....@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:lit-bounces+ac=take5audio....@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Ambrose, Kathleen Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:05 AM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman. about 1/2 my class went out and bought the book independently to read ahead of me- we are doing it as a grade level wide read aloud in 8th grade during advisory... kids are talking about it in the halls at lunch etc...every 20-30 pages you go to the internet and show an interactive clip related to the book... kind of like a youtube video.... they are hooked like fish!!! LOL Kathleen Ambrose Reading Specialist Hampton Bays Middle School ________________________________________ From: lit-bounces+kambrose=hbschools...@literacyworkshop.org [lit-bounces+kambrose=hbschools...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Carroll [creativte...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:31 AM To: lit@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation Hi Everyone, I'm looking for a read-aloud recommendation for a 6-8 grade small class. Something not overly silly that would send 7th grade boys into wackyville, but entertaining enough that I could readaloud as a sponge activity or any short stories you'd recommend. Not Stargirl or Harry Potter. Thanks! _______________________________________________ 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 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:14:28 -0500 From: Barbara Lazar <barbla...@msn.com> Subject: Re: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation To: <lit@literacyworkshop.org> Message-ID: <snt120-w4866dcfdeb29ab217f3022b2...@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Ditto TOuching SPirit BEar!! One of the more compelling books I have read with classes!! Barb Lazar Bosque School Albuquerque, NM > From: a...@take5audio.com > To: lit@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:29:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation > > Thanks...i am currently reading "Touching Spirit Bear" with my eighth > graders...they are actually getting into it. YAY! > > Alice Cortigiano > John Martinez Magnet School > "Where the Sun Always Shines" > > -----Original Message----- > From: lit-bounces+ac=take5audio....@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:lit-bounces+ac=take5audio....@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of > Ambrose, Kathleen > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:05 AM > To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. > Subject: Re: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation > > Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman. about 1/2 my class went out and bought > the book independently to read ahead of me- we are doing it as a grade level > wide read aloud in 8th grade during advisory... kids are talking about it in > the halls at lunch etc...every 20-30 pages you go to the internet and show > an interactive clip related to the book... kind of like a youtube video.... > they are hooked like fish!!! LOL > > > Kathleen Ambrose > Reading Specialist > Hampton Bays Middle School > ________________________________________ > From: lit-bounces+kambrose=hbschools...@literacyworkshop.org > [lit-bounces+kambrose=hbschools...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Nancy > Carroll [creativte...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:31 AM > To: lit@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [LIT] Read-aloud Recommendation > > Hi Everyone, > I'm looking for a read-aloud recommendation for a 6-8 grade small class. > Something not overly silly that would send 7th grade boys into wackyville, > but entertaining enough that I could readaloud as a sponge activity or any > short stories you'd recommend. Not Stargirl or Harry Potter. Thanks! > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > 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 > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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. 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