Thank you all so much for the wonderful suggestions - I do have many of these books and have used them in this capacity before... I was just sitting here today thinking I would start getting into persuasive writing right away and I could not for the life of me think of any of the great books I have used... I do not however have Tony Steads book Should there be zoos and I think Sue had said that it is hard to find... It sure is... I know it is availble for loan at most public libraries - but Amazon.com and chapters do not have it awailable for sure... Thanks again... everyone ...
As an aside... Where I am from Canada I am not sure I follow the conversation with the Basal? Do you mean to say that in the United States you are still mandated to read from a generic textbook like reader... for each grade level? like we did in the 70's? I do hope that they change this for you - that has to be very stiffling...I feel your pain... Lori _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
