You should have her come and speak with your students! She is quite awesome! She is a Michigan author, and has been to our school twice! She also gives student workshops! Look on her website! You can google it!
>>> "Rowlett, Renita C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/24/2008 2:19 PM >>> I love Patricia Polacco too. Have you read Fire talking? It's a student friendly book that reflects her writerly life. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Lesemann Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 12:47 PM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] Picture Books and Middle Schoolers I have used Pink and Say, by P. Polacco, to teach dialect, and also Thank You, Mr. Falker, by her as well, to discuss different learning issues - that one is autobiog. about her own struggles w/dyslexia. On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Rowlett, Renita C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never knew this. > > Renita Rowlett, Literacy Support Coordinator > Office of Literacy > Medill Professional Center > 1326 W. 14th Place ~ Suite 300 > Chicago, IL 60608 > 773/553-6448 > Fax - 773/553-6425 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Frederick Douglass" > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of TLP > Sent: Sat 11/22/2008 3:28 PM > To: MT; Lit Site > Subject: [LIT] Picture Books and Middle Schoolers > > > > Ian Falconer created Olivia the pig...by far one of my most favorite > of picture books of the past couple years. Inbedded in his first book,aptly > titled *Olivia*, are allusions and illustrations to great artists, > architeciture and other craftily placed icons. I will be using this as one > of my mentors texts as we explore the genre of picture books in my > classroom. I also love anything by Patricia Polacco such as the > incredible *Pink > and Say*. What are some of your favorites both old and new, and how do you > use them with your students? > -- > Tena > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Amy Lesemann, Reading Specialist and Independent Learning Center Teacher, St. Thomas the Apostle 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 _______________________________________________ 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
