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Continue reading →: 5 End-of-the-Year IdeasWe have a week left of school and every year I feel hard-pressed for time. There’s so much to do and so little time in which to do it! As the school year comes to a close, I give students time to reflect on the past year and look forward…
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Continue reading →: Middle Grades Social Justice NovelsOne of the required novels for my 8th grade students is The Secret Life of Bees. I thought it would be good to look at this novel through a social (in)justice lens, specifically focusing on race, gender, and social class. But I didn’t want to stop at just the novel. Students…
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Continue reading →: Book Talk–Brown Girl DreamingTeaching to adolescents, I am always on the lookout for a great book that grabs you right away. Many adults have short attention spans, but young adults? Even shorter. This novel is actually a memoir, but it’s told in poetry form. The author hooked me right away, and I was…
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Continue reading →: Book Talk–Pax
While looking for a new book to read and share with my middle school students, Pax kept coming up as a recommended read. This is the first book I have read by the author and in many ways, it brought me back to my childhood and reading Where the Red Fern…
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Continue reading →: Independent Reading AssignmentsHave you ever read a book where, after you finished, you just couldn’t stop thinking about it? I just finished reading Vincent and Theo and it has moved me. So beautifully written about a man who has been largely misunderstood. As I have been reading through this book the past few…
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