I think we have been pretty active... Lori
On 7/27/07 10:21 AM, "amanda patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is my email booting out list or has there just not been posts?? > > ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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]" 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
