I must just be in a crying mood, but your email brought tears to my?eyes.
My daughter and I have had the tradition of standing in line to get our Harry Potters.? This year it was about 6 hours total.? We've never reserved a copy; we've just stood in line together since Harry II. ? The ritual has given us a chance to talk to each other as two voracious readers, not necessarily in our mother-daughter roles.? She made all sorts of fun of me this time when I used my "teacher eye" to tell 10 kids that they most certainly could not cut in line with their friend in front of the people wrapped around the building?after we all had been waiting for 2 hours already. Cait's 21 now.? We've always gotten 2 books and then read through the night. She come's in periodically with the "Where are you now?" I wimped out and fell asleep at 3:30 Sat. morning, and so I heard the "Did you finish it yet?" all day.? I finished and I'm sad about finishing this era. Karen Onyx Carusi Middle School -----Original Message----- From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 8:04 pm Subject: Re: [LIT] Harry Potter I am reading it with my children. My son is out of town with my husband, so letting it sit on the shelf is KILLING me. We are four chapters in. This is the end of an era for me, and I fully expect to cry at the end, but not because of the storyline. We have read every one of these out loud as a family, beginning when my middle child was in kindergarten. He starts high school next year and will live away from me during the week in order to attend a higher quality school. He has his first 'man haircut' (meaning I didn't cut it), sprouted up about 3 inches this summer and is just plain growing up. Somehow this series of books has in some way defined our relationship over the past ten years. Mother-son bonding over midnight book parties... Lori On 7/22/07 4:41 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bought the book yesterday on the way home from seeing Hairspray--began reading > about 5:30. Just now finished it, about 24 hours later. Who else has read > it? i don't want to comment yet and spoil it for someone--who on the list is > reading it? Do you think your students will be discussing it when school > begins? More importantly, do you think it's a book for middle schoolers or > better appreciated by high schoolers who grew up along with Harry, while > reading the other books? > > Bev Maddox, who was moved to tears about 2 thirds of the way in to it, but > didn't cry at the end. I loved the epilogue--so glad she included it. > > -- > "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough > people to make it worthwhile." --Herm Alvright, writer. > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ 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
