Another great short story collection that my 8th graders love is "13: Thirteen Stories About the Agony and the Ecstasy of Being 13" edited by James Howe. It includes great stories by Bruce Coville, Meg Cabot, Howe, Todd Strasser, Ellen Wittlinger, Alex Sanchez and other popular YA authors.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 6/26/2008 1:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LIT] eighth grade classroom library I teach eighth grade language arts at a magnet school for gifted and talented. I have a lot of short story collections the kids love: Cormier's "8+1", "12 Shots" is another popular title, although the author escapes me at this moment. I also use Gary Soto's collection "Up the Street" (?) and Eudora Welty's collection of short stories. The kids also enjoy any of O Henry's stories, as well as Saki. For my teen issues, I use "Body Issues," "Peer Pressure," and "Identity" as subconcepts for organizing titles. Hope this helps. Diane B. Buchanan, NBCT EA-ELA Jones Magnet Middle School Hampton, VA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is legally privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, disclose or distribute this message or any of the information contained in this message to anyone. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. Hampton City Schools may monitor e-mail messages to and from the Hampton City Schools network. Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of any privilege or confidentiality protected under federal statutes, the Virginia Freedom of Information Act or any applicable laws. _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org <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
