The response to our course has been excellent, and we are thrilled to work with all of you this summer. Soon we will post the specifics about where these discussions will take place and at what time. Feel free to start choosing which books you’d like to read for each discussion. These are some great titles!
Here are the final book selections for each genre…
Graphic Novels:
*This conversation begins Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Verse Novels:
*This conversation begins Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Contemporary YA:
*This conversation begins Thursday, August 1st, 2013
Historical Fiction Totals:
*This conversation begins Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Totals:*This discussion begins Thursday, August 15th, 2013
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Yay! Ask the Passengers, the 5th Wave and Code Name Verity are already on my TBR list so this works out great. 🙂 Really looking forward to it.
Oooo! I *LOVE* The Arrival–one of my favorite books (Shaun Tan is one of my favorite authors). And I have…feelings…about Sold and teaching with it, so I can’t wait to hear what other people have to say. Woo hoo!
Such great choices!!! I can’t wait to participate and discuss these awesome titles.
Can anyone be part of this? I am teaching 8th grade English next year and think I would benefit from the discussion.
Absolutely! I think this will be really helpful for you.
Can I read any of the final selections of books? Or is there a specific one I should be reading for each genre?
For each genre you can read all of them or only one of them, it’s up to you. If you aren’t as interested in a specific genre, I guess you could skip reading a book for that one, but I encourage you to stretch beyond your reading comfort zone 🙂 Does that answer your question? If not, please let us know so we can clarify!
Yes! I am trying to “stretch beyond” my reading comfort zone, just like I’d ask my students to do! Do I need to “register”?
I’m happy to hear that! It’s tough, but it’s worth it 🙂
You don’t need to “register.” Just keep an eye on the blog on the day of the genre conversation. This week we’ll have a three posts on Thursday (a post for each graphic novel). The posts will be set up so teachers who are participating can leave comments and have discussions through the comments. Cindy and I will have a post ready soon explaining all of this better.
Auuuugh I just finished Chopsticks and I cannot wait to discuss it! 🙂 Looking forward to it!
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