Thanks for all the suggestions!! I ended up going with "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto.
I had forgotten about "Eleven" that's a good one too! My district has databases for nonfiction, but not for fiction, unfortunately, but I will have to look at the links. On 4/13/07, Melinda Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What about Sandra Cisnero's short story Eleven, from House on Mango > Street? > > "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else > that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations > crumble and die out;...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 > > Melinda Hawkins > 5th Grade LA/SS > McCulloch Intermediate School > Highland Park ISD > (214) 780-2325 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- - 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. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ 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
