I will second the Bluford series! They are fabulous for getting ALL students to read - and read independently! I also rarely get them back, but because they are so affordable, I really don't mind.
Other books: -Touching Spirit Bear -Flipped -Make Lemonade -The First PArt Last -Monster -Stuck in Neutral -The Skin I'm In -It Happened to Nancy -Annie's Baby -Go Ask Alice and all of the diary style books -Anything by Sonia Sones -Holes It's very interesting, because some of the books some suggested are not books that my students (except proficient or advanced) like. So that's why it is SO important to also get to know your students and what kinds of books they like. On 7/20/07, Patricia Sankey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > If you have a class of urban struggling students, the Bluford series > initially hooks my kids into reading. These are NOT well-written books, but > have high drama and are very accessible to kids. This listserv suggested > this series 2 years ago and I have been very thankful. Also, they are only > $1 a piece. I often don't get them back, but it only costs me $10 to > replace the whole series. > > Other book title suggestions from my kids that haven't been mentioned > already and were independently read: > 1. Twisted Summer > 2. Green Angel > 3. Monster > 4. I am the Cheese > 5. Rag and Bone Shop > 6. No More Dead Dogs > 7. The Skin I'm In > 8. The House on Mango Street > 9. Bone > 10. Heat > 11. Crispin > 12. The Clique series > > Patricia Sankey > Reading Specialist > Templeton Middle School > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/19/07 10:12 PM >>> > In the fall I am going to be teaching a middle school (grades 6 to 8) > reading class. This is a new class in my building for struggling > readers. I'm guessing that many of these students do not know if they have > a favor author or a favorite genre. Can you suggest some books that your > middle school students (especially struggling readers) have enjoyed? > Thanks! > Jan > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > This email was Scanned for Virus & Malware prior to entering or leaving > the Hamilton School District network. If you have questions please e-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This email was Scanned for Virus & Malware prior to entering or leaving > the Hamilton School District network. If you have questions please e-mail > [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
