Our students love Romiette and Julio. Also, the House on Mango Street. Kira Kira is wonderful too. You may want to check out the ALA YA book list-- it has great suggestions.
Good luck. Kristen Mider ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:35:35 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LIT] 8th grade lit circle books > > "The Giver" is a great read for 8th graders but we found that it works > better as a school year reading than a summer reading book because many > of our students needed some support/discussion/refection as they read. > Some of my favorite class discussions and reading response projects were > related to this book. Sadly, we took it out of our curriculum because > younger grades were reading itI > I am very interested in the book suggestions that have come out of this > discussion. > To Annie, who is going from 6th grade to 8th grade, my suggestion, other > than books which others have recommended and I will add a few below, is > BE PREPARED - it's a whole different country! > A book that my 8th graders have been loving for several years now is a > collection of stories from beloved YA authors edited by James Howe, > called "13: Thirteen stories that capture the agony and ecstasy of being > thirteen." Lots of my boys, who are often hard to draw into reading, > love Darren Shan's books. Scott Westerfeld's "Uglies" series has also > been very popular. > > > Sally K. Caruso - 8th Grade LA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Kickemuit Middle School > 525 Child St. Warren RI 02885 > 401-245-2010 X 2218 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TLP > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; A list for improving literacy with focus > on middle grades. > Subject: Re: [LIT] 8th grade lit circle books > > Lowis Lowry's "Giver" is a great read for 8th grade. It is the only book > I use as a grade level lit group in my multi-age class. Yes, younger > kids read it and like it but the 8th graders are more likely to "get" > it! > Zusak's "The Book Thief" for you more sophisticated readers. > Cynthia Lord's "Rules" > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Andrea Countryman < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm so excited--I just got a grant to purchase literature circle books > >> for 8th graders-- I'm a sixth grade teacher now, and next year will >> be my first time teaching 8th grade. I would love suggestions! >> >> Annie >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Tena > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Spell a grand slam in this game where word skill meets World Series. Get in the game. http://club.live.com/word_slugger.aspx?icid=word_slugger_wlhm_admod_april08 _______________________________________________ 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
