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Welcome to Lit's Blog, where all things literary are fair game! As a middle school Language Arts teacher, one of the many things I'll be using this forum for is to share my opinions on books, both Young Adult, and otherwise, that I've recently read, and hope that you'll jump into the fray with your thoughts, as well! Please visit often, as I'll be adding regularly. Just scan the titles of each blog for the book's name, and let me know what you think!

(Parents: At the end of each blog, you'll find a "book rating", based upon the MPAA ratings (see link entitled "MPAA Ratings Guide"). Since I generally try to read whatever the kids seem to be reading, and encourage my students to read a wide menu of texts, do not be surprised if you see an "R" rating on a title, or two. I will do my best to be as accurate as possible - HOWEVER, this rating is intended only as a guide. Ultimately, it is your decision as to whether your child should read the titles listed, or not.)

Monday, June 9, 2008

Response to Thing #6

Okay - I'm REALLY going to need to do something else today! Curses on you, Kickball Captains - I have loads of laundry that need to be washed, a room to paint, AND it's three o'clock and I'm still in my pajamas! I am having too much fun! I LOVE the BIg Huge Labs site - I am seeing some more exiciting responses to literature coming my kids' way. The magazine cover is going to be such a cool way to respond to a book the kids have read, and the trading cards are just SCREAMING to be used for character profiles (maybe with the kids pulling pix off of Flickr). I also can see an application for the Mosaic tool, to help the kids understand the concept of tone and mood (both teacher and kids generated).
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VWB said...

how about posting something you make from Big Labs (or other source) so we can see your idea?

June 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM

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