I am not recommending them as high literature but kids seem to like the Chicken Soup books and though they are not all stories, they would seem to fit there.
Lori On 6/24/08 2:22 PM, "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- 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
