Dear Keith, Thank you for all your work on this listserve. It has helped me so much. I went to one of the archive sites and this is what I got: Not Found
The requested URL /pipermail/lit_literacyworkshop.org. was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Apache/1.3.36 Server at www.literacyworkshop.org Port 80 Is there something I can do to access this? I'm using an iMac laptop with OS X 10.4.7. On Sunday, September 17, 2006, at 09:06AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Send lit mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/lit_literacyworkshop.org >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of lit digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Searchable Archives (Keith Mack) > 2. Re: Searchable Archives (Laurie Wasserman) > 3. Science and Literature: Literacy objective > (Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson) > 4. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Melanie Davis) > 5. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Ginny White) > 6. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Bill IVEY) > 7. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Onyx, Karen) > 8. Geology and the Downsiders (Deborah Bova) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:13:44 -0700 >From: "Keith Mack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [LIT] Searchable Archives >To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'" > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >A few weeks ago I found a site that allows listservs to post another version >of their archives. I started our LIT community with this free service. > >Go to http://www.mail-archive.com/lit%40literacyworkshop.org. > >The archive can be organized by thread or date and it is searchable (WOW!). >For your convenience I've include this link at the footer of ALL the >messages that go out from our members. > >So when you're trying to find something that came up on our list in the last >couple months you might try this site first. > >Keep in mind this is our archives from September 2006. For earlier archives >you have to go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/pipermail/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > >Keith Mack >Web Administrator >http://www.literacyworkshop.org >Office 360.398.2479 >Mobile 360.739.6477 >Fax 360.398.2679 > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:10:42 -0400 >From: "Laurie Wasserman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIT] Searchable Archives >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'A list for improving literacy with > focus on middle grades.'" <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Keith, >You are the man! Thank-you for doing this for us! > >Laurie Wasserman, NBCT >Grade 6 Special Needs Teacher >Medford, Massachusetts >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:31:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00) >From: Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Hello, everyone. > >I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order to >improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and Literature class >to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that have been successful in >7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science) and methods that really work >for you to get kids reading. I've got about 1/3 of my students who are unruly >and I'm not sure how they will receive an assignment to read as opposed to >doing some specified project or experiment/activity (which is, of course, what >I am used to teaching). > >Thank you for any help you can offer, >Mark Anderson >Milwaukee WI > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:52:52 -0400 >From: "Melanie Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective >To: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "A list for > improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >HI Mark! I am not sure what science topics you have to teach. Currently, my >7th grade class is reading Hoot by Carl Hiaassen and there are a ton of >science connections. For example, the story deals with three middle school >students saving the homes of burrowing owls from a large franchise. Our >science teacher is going to study the owl, dissect owl pellets, endangered >species, etc. There are tons of science topics. > >One of the main characters is a student who was sent away to military school >and then ran away from the school. He was unable to conform to school >rules. A good topic maybe for your "unruly" group. Also, the topic of >bullying is very strong throughout the book. > >My students LOVE this book. They hate it when the block has come to an end >and we have to stop reading. Good Luck! > >Melanie Davis >7th Grade Language Arts/Literature >Ritchie County Middle School >Ellenboro, WV >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:31 PM >Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective > > >> Hello, everyone. >> >> I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order >> to improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and >> Literature class to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that >> have been successful in 7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science) >> and methods that really work for you to get kids reading. I've got about >> 1/3 of my students who are unruly and I'm not sure how they will receive >> an assignment to read as opposed to doing some specified project or >> experiment/activity (which is, of course, what I am used to teaching). >> >> Thank you for any help you can offer, >> Mark Anderson >> Milwaukee WI >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: 5 >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:18:42 -0400 >From: Ginny White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective >To: Melanie Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "A list for improving > literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Mark, our kids also love HOOT (recommended by Melanie) and Hiassen's >newest FLUSH (casino ship contaminating water with waste). Walden >Media's movie of Hoot should soon be on DVD and lesson plans, inc >science, are available at their web site (www.walden.com). > >One of our science teachers has teamed up with an English teacher and >last year used HOT ZONE and this year, A LAND REMEMBERED (Florida). I >can find out more if you like about either of these. I don't know any >specifics at the moment. > >Another possibility is John H. Ritter's THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL >which uses science principles involved in hitting and computer >technology to create a simulator. The conflict is whether or not a >developer will get the land on which stands the 100 year old community >baseball field. It all comes down to one big game between a ragtag >team of local boys and girls against a "winning" team from nearby. See >johnhritter.com for more details, lesson plans, and information on >baseball physics. > >Good luck, >Ginny White >Fernandina Beach Middle (FL) > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:57:26 -0400 >From: "Bill IVEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >Hi! > >Alongside the excellent suggestions for novels you already have received, >I would suggest you run, don't walk, to the National Middle School >Association bookstore and pick up a copy of Mark Springer's "Watershed." >This will give you ideas on a program which thoroughly integrates science, >literature, and social studies. > >Democratic classroom principles would allow you to have the kids choose >topics which will lead to a set of projects, experiments and activities - >you could then work to locate a novel whose theme supports that topic in >some way. > >As for methods that really work to get kids reading, I believe strongly >(and I would say the preponderance of research supports) independent >reading programs (a.k.a. Drop Everything And Read, Sustained Silent >Reading, Readers Workshop, etc.) wherein the kids choose their own books. >For specific reading strategies, if you need to teach those as well, >"Mosaic of Thought" by Ellin Keene and Susan Zimmerman does a great job of >detailing best practice supported by research. > >I hope this helps! > >Take care, >Bill Ivey >Stoneleigh-Burnham School > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:23:20 -0400 >From: "Onyx, Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective >To: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "A list for > improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Mark, I want to teach this class....what a great idea. I think I'm going to >forward this to my principal. > >How about Phineas Gage- it's truly gruesome, yet the middle schoolers are >mesmerized by it. It goes into brain research and how the brain reacts after >traumatic injury (spike through eye and into brain) and how such trauma >affects injury. It also touches on medical knowledge of the 1800's. > >Phoenix Rising, by Karen Hesse is also quite good. It deals with the >aftereffects of a nuclear accident. > >There are several books out about surviving hurricanes, tornadoes, >wilderness...I'm thinking of Night of the Twister, but it might be a little >low for 7th. We created tornado preparedness books as a result. > >Mickelsen also has a novel about the first kid in space, Countdown. It's ok- >and compares an American boy to a tribal boy in Africa. > >There are several books out about Vesuvius, Pompeii, and The Wreck of the >Isis- all dealing with archaeological science and comparing to a fictional >history of what might have happened. > >Hoot and Flush, by Carl Haissen deal with environmental issues versus >profitability. > >Hope this helps! > >Karen Onyx >Carusi Middle School > > > >Karen Onyx > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson >Sent: Sat 9/16/2006 10:31 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective > > > >Hello, everyone. > >I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order to >improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and Literature class >to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that have been successful in >7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science) and methods that really work >for you to get kids reading. I've got about 1/3 of my students who are unruly >and I'm not sure how they will receive an assignment to read as opposed to >doing some specified project or experiment/activity (which is, of course, what >I am used to teaching). > >Thank you for any help you can offer, >Mark Anderson >Milwaukee WI > >_______________________________________________ >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: 8 >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:32:53 -0500 >From: "Deborah Bova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [LIT] Geology and the Downsiders >To: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "A list for > improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Actually, right now I am reading the book the Downsiders with my xl kids... >by Shusterman. I have been in contact with a geologist re: the geology of >Manhattan Island (group of downsiders live under NYC using the empty spaces >greated by geologic features of the bedrock and the tunnel systems, etc. I >have a website, http://bovarules.typepad.com which has the info on the >geology and the notion that the geography of an area dictates the culture, >people's choices etc. Actually, it was culture that I was going for when I >started this, but the geology aspects diverted this read into an embracing >of science. HOpe this helps. Deborah Bova >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:31 PM >Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective > > >> Hello, everyone. >> >> I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order >> to improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and >> Literature class to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that >> have been successful in 7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science) >> and methods that really work for you to get kids reading. I've got about >> 1/3 of my students who are unruly and I'm not sure how they will receive >> an assignment to read as opposed to doing some specified project or >> experiment/activity (which is, of course, what I am used to teaching). >> >> Thank you for any help you can offer, >> Mark Anderson >> Milwaukee WI >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >lit mailing list >[email protected] >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/lit_literacyworkshop.org > > >End of lit Digest, Vol 11, Issue 18 >*********************************** > > _______________________________________________ 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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