I made up other categories for my books- I had a few in Teen Issues, usually the really popular teen issue ones. I also had a bin called "Poland's Picks" where I put books that I loved. I would also do a book talk on them and they always checked them out! I also split up my nonfiction and had a large nonfiction collection. I would make groups based off of what I had. For example, I had a lot of high interest (lower level) books so I labeled those "High Interest" I had a science bin, history, etc.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM, McGivern, Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- - Heather "DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the development of flash cards." - P. David Pearson" "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
