Recently in one of my masters classes our professor introduced us to Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. It's a great book for young adolescents written in the form of a student composition notebook. A boy named Jack has to record poetry in his journal for an ELA unit, but he hates poetry. Throughout his entries (which are all poems themselves) you see his writing and his attitudes on poetry evolve. It's fantastic.
Here's the Barnes & Noble link if you're interested: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Love-That-Dog/Sharon-Creech/e/9780064409599/?itm=1 -Shannon (literacy masters student) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 19, Issue 16 > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:00:05 -0400 > > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. off topic somewhat (Beverlee Paul) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:52:22 -0600 > From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] off topic somewhat > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello - I am currently adding titles to our leveled library and have a > request of you all. I'd like to add some poetry books for our fourth and > fifth graders, especially ones that contain examples of multiple types: > cinquain, limericks, concrete poetry, etc. Do any of you have suggestions? > Thanks in advance. Bev > _________________________________________________________________ > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! > http://biggestloser.msn.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 19, Issue 16 > ************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join _______________________________________________ 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.
