I strongly agree with Lori. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
-----Original Message----- From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:34:25 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RE adolescent lit for troubled teens I can't offer you much except this: when working with our troubled teens in a summer reading program the most often stolen book was Touching Spirit Bear and in a close second were any of the series that includes A Child Called It. These kids have rough, rough lives and books that don't sugarcoat reality seem to appeal to them. I haven't worked with this population in a while but I wonder if Crack (a story of addiction in poetry) would not also appeal to them. Lori On 12/3/08 8:54 PM, "gina nunley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will be working with teachers in state schools for juvenile offenders to > help them create a reading/writing curriculum. I am wanting to use pic books, > short pieces, etc. as jumping off points for writing. Does anyone have > suggestions or know of a good site for this type of book or articles? Gina > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122 > 008 > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- 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 _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
