January 9/12, 2009
Read The Giver.
Think about it:
Did Jonas make the right decision when he left the community?
If there were a chapter 24, what would happen in it?
B1 finished.
B2 finished.
B3 finished.
A1 finished.
A2 finished.
On the 12th, students who had already finished The Giver go to preview books that would be appropriate for the Book-of-the-Month Club assignment.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
January 7/8, 2009
January 7/8, 2009
Students looked at examples of the next Book-of-the-Month Club assignment.
Prefixes and Suffixes Re-Test
CD presentations as needed
Read summaries and chapters for The Giver.
B1 -- Finished Chapter 16.
B2 -- Finished Chapter 16, to page 142, about 2/3 of the way down
B3 -- Finished Chapter 16
A1 -- Finished Chapter 16
A2 -- Finished Chapter 16
*Please let me know if you've revised your GoMyAccess essay at home and achieved a higher score than the one recorded in your grades.
*Please pick up corrected work.
Students looked at examples of the next Book-of-the-Month Club assignment.
Prefixes and Suffixes Re-Test
CD presentations as needed
Read summaries and chapters for The Giver.
B1 -- Finished Chapter 16.
B2 -- Finished Chapter 16, to page 142, about 2/3 of the way down
B3 -- Finished Chapter 16
A1 -- Finished Chapter 16
A2 -- Finished Chapter 16
*Please let me know if you've revised your GoMyAccess essay at home and achieved a higher score than the one recorded in your grades.
*Please pick up corrected work.
Monday, January 5, 2009
More Possible Books for January/February
More possible books for the Term 3 Book Assignment:
These were recommended on the ala/yalsa (American Library Association/ Young Adult Library Services Association) booklists awards. I haven't read them, so I can't make any guarantees, but I did check them out online, and they look interesting.
The Moon by Michael Carlowicz (Author)
Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep by Michael Everhart (Author)
From Boneshakers to Choppers: The Rip-Roaring History of Motorcycles by Lisa Smedman (Author)
Football Now by Mike Leonetti and John Laboni
Brooke, Michael. The Concrete Wave (The History of Skateboarding). Nonfiction. Warwick. April 1999. 200p.
Menzel, Peter and Faith D'Aluisio. Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Bugs. Nonfiction. Ten Speed Press. November 1998. 192p.
Hawk, Tony. Between Boardslides and Burnout: My Notes From the Road.
SMALL STEPS: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO by Peg Kehret
Fleischman, Sid. Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
Fradin, Judith Bloom and Fradin, Dennis Brindell. 5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft's Flight From Slavery
Robertson, James I., Jr. Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen -- This would be helpful preparation for U.S. History class next year.
Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.
Farrell, Jeanette. Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives.
Giblin, James Cross. Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth.
** Jurmain, Suzanne. The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students. (I've seen this one. It was recommended by local teachers and libarians.)
Zenatti, Valérie. When I Was a Soldier: A Memoir -- about an Israeli female soldier (recommended for 8th grade and up)
Allen, Thomas B. George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
Bausum, Ann. With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful -- World War I
Wolf, Allan. New Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery.
Here are some new books I haven't read, but they are recommended by Peggy Sharp, a "book guru" among teachers and librarians:
Mystery Of The Lost Colony (Roanoke) (Hardcover)
by Lee Miller (Author) 112 pages
Chase (Hardcover) by Jessie Haws is set in post-Civil War Pennsylvania. Readers learn about that time period, coal miners, labor disputes, and terrorism. 256 pages
Come Juneteenth (Great Episodes) (Hardcover) by Ann Rinaldi is about slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation. Did you know that Texas slave owners kept the Emancipation secret for two and a half years, until they were forced to reveal it on June 19, 1865?
Elijah Of Buxton (Hardcover) by Christopher Paul Curtis
This is from the author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963! and Bud, Not Buddy. I've heard Elijah of Buxton is even better than his other books. Now I've read this -- very good!
These were recommended on the ala/yalsa (American Library Association/ Young Adult Library Services Association) booklists awards. I haven't read them, so I can't make any guarantees, but I did check them out online, and they look interesting.
The Moon by Michael Carlowicz (Author)
Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep by Michael Everhart (Author)
From Boneshakers to Choppers: The Rip-Roaring History of Motorcycles by Lisa Smedman (Author)
Football Now by Mike Leonetti and John Laboni
Brooke, Michael. The Concrete Wave (The History of Skateboarding). Nonfiction. Warwick. April 1999. 200p.
Menzel, Peter and Faith D'Aluisio. Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Bugs. Nonfiction. Ten Speed Press. November 1998. 192p.
Hawk, Tony. Between Boardslides and Burnout: My Notes From the Road.
SMALL STEPS: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO by Peg Kehret
Fleischman, Sid. Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
Fradin, Judith Bloom and Fradin, Dennis Brindell. 5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft's Flight From Slavery
Robertson, James I., Jr. Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen -- This would be helpful preparation for U.S. History class next year.
Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.
Farrell, Jeanette. Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives.
Giblin, James Cross. Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth.
** Jurmain, Suzanne. The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students. (I've seen this one. It was recommended by local teachers and libarians.)
Zenatti, Valérie. When I Was a Soldier: A Memoir -- about an Israeli female soldier (recommended for 8th grade and up)
Allen, Thomas B. George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
Bausum, Ann. With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful -- World War I
Wolf, Allan. New Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery.
Here are some new books I haven't read, but they are recommended by Peggy Sharp, a "book guru" among teachers and librarians:
Mystery Of The Lost Colony (Roanoke) (Hardcover)
by Lee Miller (Author) 112 pages
Chase (Hardcover) by Jessie Haws is set in post-Civil War Pennsylvania. Readers learn about that time period, coal miners, labor disputes, and terrorism. 256 pages
Come Juneteenth (Great Episodes) (Hardcover) by Ann Rinaldi is about slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation. Did you know that Texas slave owners kept the Emancipation secret for two and a half years, until they were forced to reveal it on June 19, 1865?
Elijah Of Buxton (Hardcover) by Christopher Paul Curtis
This is from the author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963! and Bud, Not Buddy. I've heard Elijah of Buxton is even better than his other books. Now I've read this -- very good!
Some Recommended Books for the Book-of-the-Month Club
Recommended Books for Term 3 -- January/February:
Appropriate nonfiction books include biography, autobiography, and literary nonfiction. Literary nonfiction tells about real subjects in a story format.
Historical Fiction: The setting is based in real places and events from the past. The characters may be based on people who really existed. The author could also make up characters who go through the experiences or interact with famous people of that time and place. Examples: Midwife’s Apprentice and Numbering the Stars.
Here are a few suggested topics and books: For more, ask your librarian. Look under Multicultural and Historical Fiction, and under nonfiction. Watch our class blog at cavemanenglish.blogspot.com as I may add more suggestions.
Africa: Things Fall Apart by Achebe
Civil War : Numbering the Bones by Rinaldi, Shades of Gray, The River Between Us by Peck, and more; Ballad of the Civil War by Stolz, Mary 680L: Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Wells
Communist Europe: I Am David by Holm
Disease: Fever 1793 by Anderson, Invisible Enemies by Farrell
Exploration: Blood on the River by Carbone: The King’s Fifth by O’Dell
Immigration: Esperanza Rising by Ryan; The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child by Jimenez, Francisco 880L
Industry and Exploitation: The Mill Girls by Selden
Israel and Palestine: Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye,
Japanese Internment during WWII: Journey to Topaz, Farewell to Manzanar, Caged Eagles, The Journal of Ben Uchida, Bat 6
Korea: Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook-Nyul Choi -- North Korea during Japanese occupation; When My Name Was Keoko and A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Medieval Europe : Crispin by Avi, Catherine Called Birdy, Matilda Bone, or The Midwife’s Apprentice by Cushman
Prohibition: Black Duck by Lisle 790L
Revolutionary War: My Brother Sam is Dead, Johnny Tremain
The Russian Front: Burying the Sun and others by Gloria Whelan, The Endless Steppe by Hautzig
Slavery and Segregation in the U.S.: Witness by Hesse, True North by Katherine Lasky; Steal Away Home by Ruby: My Name is Not Angelica by O’Dell.
Vietnam War: 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War by Caputo
Westward Expansion: Sacajawea by Bruchac, Riding Freedom by Ryan, Charlotte’s Rose by Cannon,
War and its effect on young people: Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo by Filipovic, Breadwinner (life under the Taliban in Afghanistan) and others by Ellis
World War I: All’s Quiet on the Western Front
World War II: Soldier Boys by Hughes, Code Talker by Bruchac
Holocaust: Night by Elie Wiesel, The Hiding Place, Milkweed by Spinelli, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by Boyne; Destined to Live: A True Story of a Child in the Holocaust by Gruener; The Devil’s Arithmetic, Marika
Others: Across the Lines by Reeder, Carolyn 1000L; Dia's Story Cloth by Cha, Dia; Long Hard Journey, A: The Story of the Pullman Porter by McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick 1050L; Shuttered Windows by Florence Crannell Means
Cold is the Sea and others (fiction and nonfiction about submarines) by Edward L. Beach
Biography: Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille by Freedman, Russell 1000L; Edwin Hubble: American Astronomer by Fox, Mary Virginia 1120 L; Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Petry, Ann 1000L
You may select a book that is not on this list, but don’t use The Diary of Anne Frank (an eighth grade class book), Getting Away with Murder or Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe, books already on your “Do Not Read” list, any Dave Peltzer books, or books being read in the Reading Literature classes. Make sure the book is approved by a parent and by the teacher. Also, don’t use Words By Heart by Ouida Sebestyen. We’ll read that in class.
Appropriate nonfiction books include biography, autobiography, and literary nonfiction. Literary nonfiction tells about real subjects in a story format.
Historical Fiction: The setting is based in real places and events from the past. The characters may be based on people who really existed. The author could also make up characters who go through the experiences or interact with famous people of that time and place. Examples: Midwife’s Apprentice and Numbering the Stars.
Here are a few suggested topics and books: For more, ask your librarian. Look under Multicultural and Historical Fiction, and under nonfiction. Watch our class blog at cavemanenglish.blogspot.com as I may add more suggestions.
Africa: Things Fall Apart by Achebe
Civil War : Numbering the Bones by Rinaldi, Shades of Gray, The River Between Us by Peck, and more; Ballad of the Civil War by Stolz, Mary 680L: Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Wells
Communist Europe: I Am David by Holm
Disease: Fever 1793 by Anderson, Invisible Enemies by Farrell
Exploration: Blood on the River by Carbone: The King’s Fifth by O’Dell
Immigration: Esperanza Rising by Ryan; The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child by Jimenez, Francisco 880L
Industry and Exploitation: The Mill Girls by Selden
Israel and Palestine: Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye,
Japanese Internment during WWII: Journey to Topaz, Farewell to Manzanar, Caged Eagles, The Journal of Ben Uchida, Bat 6
Korea: Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook-Nyul Choi -- North Korea during Japanese occupation; When My Name Was Keoko and A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Medieval Europe : Crispin by Avi, Catherine Called Birdy, Matilda Bone, or The Midwife’s Apprentice by Cushman
Prohibition: Black Duck by Lisle 790L
Revolutionary War: My Brother Sam is Dead, Johnny Tremain
The Russian Front: Burying the Sun and others by Gloria Whelan, The Endless Steppe by Hautzig
Slavery and Segregation in the U.S.: Witness by Hesse, True North by Katherine Lasky; Steal Away Home by Ruby: My Name is Not Angelica by O’Dell.
Vietnam War: 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War by Caputo
Westward Expansion: Sacajawea by Bruchac, Riding Freedom by Ryan, Charlotte’s Rose by Cannon,
War and its effect on young people: Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo by Filipovic, Breadwinner (life under the Taliban in Afghanistan) and others by Ellis
World War I: All’s Quiet on the Western Front
World War II: Soldier Boys by Hughes, Code Talker by Bruchac
Holocaust: Night by Elie Wiesel, The Hiding Place, Milkweed by Spinelli, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by Boyne; Destined to Live: A True Story of a Child in the Holocaust by Gruener; The Devil’s Arithmetic, Marika
Others: Across the Lines by Reeder, Carolyn 1000L; Dia's Story Cloth by Cha, Dia; Long Hard Journey, A: The Story of the Pullman Porter by McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick 1050L; Shuttered Windows by Florence Crannell Means
Cold is the Sea and others (fiction and nonfiction about submarines) by Edward L. Beach
Biography: Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille by Freedman, Russell 1000L; Edwin Hubble: American Astronomer by Fox, Mary Virginia 1120 L; Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Petry, Ann 1000L
You may select a book that is not on this list, but don’t use The Diary of Anne Frank (an eighth grade class book), Getting Away with Murder or Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe, books already on your “Do Not Read” list, any Dave Peltzer books, or books being read in the Reading Literature classes. Make sure the book is approved by a parent and by the teacher. Also, don’t use Words By Heart by Ouida Sebestyen. We’ll read that in class.
Multicultural Fiction Titles
Multicultural (Many of these could also be classified as historical fiction.)
Abdel-Gattah, Randa -- Does My Head Look Big in This? L850 (368 pages)
Australian 11th-grader Amal is smart, funny, outspoken, a good student, and a loyal friend. She is also a devout Muslim who decides to wear the hijab, or head covering, full-time. (Some mature subject matter. I haven't read it yet.)
Angelou, Maya – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings L1070 (mature content)
Banks, Lynne Reid – One More River L780
Barrett – Lilies of the Field L770
Carter - The Education of Little Tree L890 pp.216
Frankle, Viktor – Man’s Search for Meaning (mature, philosophical, subject matter)
Gardiner, John Reynolds – Stone Fox L550
George, Jean Craighead - Water Sky L730
Hicylimaz, Gaye – Against the Storm
Ho, Minfong – The Clay Marble
Ho, Minfong – Rice Without Rain
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki– Farewell to Manzanar L1040 p203
Jiang, Ji-Li – Red Scarf Girl L780 pp.285
Kadohata, Cynthia -- Weedflower RL 5.3 (Japanese Internment)
Levitan, Sonia – The Return
Namioka, Lensey - The Coming of the Bear and others L690-830
Potok, Chiam – The Chosen L970
Richter, Conrad – The Light in the Forest L870
Sebestyen, Ouida – Not Words By Heart L750 (We'll read this in class.)
Taylor, Mildred D. – any of the longer novels except Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry L920 pp276
Ten Boom, Corrie – The Hiding Place L900
Uris, Leon -- Exodus L920 (for a mature reader mainly because of length)
Wiesel, Elie – Night L590
Zusak, Markus -- The Book Thief L730 (for a mature reader, mainly because of a difficult story structure and impact of the story)
Historical Fiction Titles
Here are some titles for historical fiction: (L = Lexile Level)
Young Royals Series, My Name is America Series, etc.
Historical Fiction
Avi – The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle L740; Crispin
Bartiletti -- The Boy Who Dared L760(World War II -- a teenage boy stands up to the Nazis)
Boyne -- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas L1080 (World War II -- about the young son of a Nazi officer)
Bruchac – Sacajawea L840
Collier – My Brother Sam is Dead L770
Crowe – Mississippi Trial, 1955 (Utah author) Don't read his books for this, since you'll read them in eighth grade.
Cushman, Karen – Catherine Called Birdy L1170,
Midwife’s Apprentice L1240 (class book)
Edmunds and Lanz – The Matchlock Gun (80 pages)
Fox - The Slave Dancer L970
Greene – Summer of My German Soldier L800
Hesse – Out of the Dust or Witness-- if approved by teacher -- see me.
Lowry, Lois – Number the Stars L670, The Giver L760]
Paterson – Lyddie L860
Selden, Bernice – The Mill Girls: Lucy Larcom, Harriet Hanson Robinson, Sarah G. Bagley
Uchida– Journey to Topaz L970 (Reading Class Book)
Houston – Farewell to Manzanar L1040 (Reading Class Book)
Young Royals Series, My Name is America Series, etc.
January 5/6, 2009
Happy New Year and happy last week of the term!
Self-Starter: Students had time to tell each other about their holiday.
1. We did a "Read-Around Race" to practice prefixes and suffixes.
2. We read from The Giver, and answered questions in a packet.
B1 - Chapter 10 (page 72) (CD 2, track 7) through page (CD 2, track 12) -- just into chapter 12.
B2 - Chapter 11-12, to page 92
B3 - Chapter 10 through chapter 11
A1 - Chapter 10 through chapter 11
A2 - Chapter 9 through top of page 83 in chapter 11(no question packets)
Self-Starter: Students had time to tell each other about their holiday.
1. We did a "Read-Around Race" to practice prefixes and suffixes.
2. We read from The Giver, and answered questions in a packet.
B1 - Chapter 10 (page 72) (CD 2, track 7) through page (CD 2, track 12) -- just into chapter 12.
B2 - Chapter 11-12, to page 92
B3 - Chapter 10 through chapter 11
A1 - Chapter 10 through chapter 11
A2 - Chapter 9 through top of page 83 in chapter 11(no question packets)
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