Ditto The Book Whisperer. I could not put it down. The teacher teaches 6th
grade and takes the reader through her entire journey. 

Congrats on the job.

Andrea

Rhonda Brinkman <[email protected]> wrote: 
>Congrats to you! What a great opportunity.
>
>I'd suggest "To Understand" by Ellin Keene-- Since it is an advanced class
>you can REALLY focus on deep understanding. I have read this book twice
>and parts of it multiple times. ---Incredible approach to teaching!!!
>
>I also just received from Amazon today in the mail--(can't wait to dig in)
>A new author Donalyn Miller "The Book Whisperer" This teacher discusses
>how she engaged students to read 40 books a year and how reading and
>scores improved.
>
>Good Luck and have fun!!!
>
>Rhonda
>
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> I was recently offered a position teaching an advanced 7th grade reading
>> class! I'm very excited but also a little overwhelmed in trying to
>decide
>> what I need to do to prepare. The class is new next year so it's pretty
>> open
>> as to where I take it.
>>
>> I would love to incorporate lit circles this requires ordering new
>books.
>> Any suggestions on how to organize the lit circles? Based on genre?
>> Author?
>> Theme?
>>
>> Any suggestions on novels? The advanced 8th grade teacher is using a lot
>> of
>> classic texts so I'd like to go more contemporary.
>>
>> Any advice would be much appreciated!
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