Hello everyone; I am a long-time lurker finally getting the courage to post! :) I've enjoyed reading posts and learning from all of you; I am a former high school English teacher who started teaching 8th grade 2 years ago, and I can use all the help I can get. This is a whole different ball game, but I'm loving every minute of it.
I am a Language Arts teacher, and one of my goals over the summer is to organize & beef up my classroom novels. I organize them into genres right now. Each genre occupies a plastic bin in the class, and the books have a dot that tells to which bin they are to be returned. As you can see, my library is a bit lopsided! Short Story 3% Adventure 4% Historical Fiction 6% Sports 8% Mystery 8% Nonfiction/autobiography13% SciFi 17% Teen Issues 43% Does anyone have any suggestions for authors in my "sparse" genres that would appeal to my 8th graders? Or any organizational tips for me -- should I further divide the "Teen Issues" genre? I know it's not really a genre, so it's hard for me, as a true English major, to justify it :) Any suggestions are welcome -- I have tough skin, so fire away. Thanks in advance to those who are more creative and more experienced than I!! Ms. Liz McGivern 8th grade Language Arts Hudson Memorial School _______________________________________________ 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
