[LIT] searchable archives
Catherine Boicelli
cboicelli at mac.com
Sun Sep 17 22:40:24 EDT 2006
Dear Keith,
Thank you for all your work on this listserve. It has helped me so much. I went to one of the archive sites and this is what I got:
Not Found
The requested URL /pipermail/lit_literacyworkshop.org. was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.36 Server at www.literacyworkshop.org Port 80
Is there something I can do to access this? I'm using an iMac laptop with OS X 10.4.7.
On Sunday, September 17, 2006, at 09:06AM, <lit-request at literacyworkshop.org> wrote:
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> 3. Science and Literature: Literacy objective
> (Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson)
> 4. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Melanie Davis)
> 5. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Ginny White)
> 6. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Bill IVEY)
> 7. Re: Science and Literature: Literacy objective (Onyx, Karen)
> 8. Geology and the Downsiders (Deborah Bova)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:13:44 -0700
>From: "Keith Mack" <kmack at literacyworkshop.org>
>Subject: [LIT] Searchable Archives
>To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'"
> <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Message-ID: <002a01c6d9cc$a52a5ad0$6400a8c0 at KEITHOFFICE>
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>A few weeks ago I found a site that allows listservs to post another version
>of their archives. I started our LIT community with this free service.
>
>Go to http://www.mail-archive.com/lit%40literacyworkshop.org.
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>The archive can be organized by thread or date and it is searchable (WOW!).
>For your convenience I've include this link at the footer of ALL the
>messages that go out from our members.
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>So when you're trying to find something that came up on our list in the last
>couple months you might try this site first.
>
>Keep in mind this is our archives from September 2006. For earlier archives
>you have to go to
>http://literacyworkshop.org/pipermail/lit_literacyworkshop.org.
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>Keith Mack
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:10:42 -0400
>From: "Laurie Wasserman" <crystalannie at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Searchable Archives
>To: <kmack at literacyworkshop.org>, "'A list for improving literacy with
> focus on middle grades.'" <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Message-ID: <000001c6d9dc$f70db120$6401a8c0 at purrfectcompan>
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>Keith,
>You are the man! Thank-you for doing this for us!
>
>Laurie Wasserman, NBCT
>Grade 6 Special Needs Teacher
>Medford, Massachusetts
>crystalannie at comcast.net
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:31:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>From: Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson <mskg at earthlink.net>
>Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
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>Hello, everyone.
>
>I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order to improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and Literature class to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that have been successful in 7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science) and methods that really work for you to get kids reading. I've got about 1/3 of my students who are unruly and I'm not sure how they will receive an assignment to read as opposed to doing some specified project or experiment/activity (which is, of course, what I am used to teaching).
>
>Thank you for any help you can offer,
>Mark Anderson
>Milwaukee WI
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:52:52 -0400
>From: "Melanie Davis" <ardx4 at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>To: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <mskg at earthlink.net>, "A list for
> improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
> <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Message-ID: <003501c6da58$33ca21e0$f55ab540 at melanie0e53131>
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>HI Mark! I am not sure what science topics you have to teach. Currently, my
>7th grade class is reading Hoot by Carl Hiaassen and there are a ton of
>science connections. For example, the story deals with three middle school
>students saving the homes of burrowing owls from a large franchise. Our
>science teacher is going to study the owl, dissect owl pellets, endangered
>species, etc. There are tons of science topics.
>
>One of the main characters is a student who was sent away to military school
>and then ran away from the school. He was unable to conform to school
>rules. A good topic maybe for your "unruly" group. Also, the topic of
>bullying is very strong throughout the book.
>
>My students LOVE this book. They hate it when the block has come to an end
>and we have to stop reading. Good Luck!
>
>Melanie Davis
>7th Grade Language Arts/Literature
>Ritchie County Middle School
>Ellenboro, WV
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <mskg at earthlink.net>
>To: <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:31 PM
>Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>
>
>> Hello, everyone.
>>
>> I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order
>> to improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and
>> Literature class to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that
>> have been successful in 7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science)
>> and methods that really work for you to get kids reading. I've got about
>> 1/3 of my students who are unruly and I'm not sure how they will receive
>> an assignment to read as opposed to doing some specified project or
>> experiment/activity (which is, of course, what I am used to teaching).
>>
>> Thank you for any help you can offer,
>> Mark Anderson
>> Milwaukee WI
>>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:18:42 -0400
>From: Ginny White <ginnywhitefl at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>To: Melanie Davis <ardx4 at earthlink.net>, "A list for improving
> literacy with focus on middle grades." <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Message-ID: <771d9783e84d7e9475c723e52c12492e at earthlink.net>
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>Mark, our kids also love HOOT (recommended by Melanie) and Hiassen's
>newest FLUSH (casino ship contaminating water with waste). Walden
>Media's movie of Hoot should soon be on DVD and lesson plans, inc
>science, are available at their web site (www.walden.com).
>
>One of our science teachers has teamed up with an English teacher and
>last year used HOT ZONE and this year, A LAND REMEMBERED (Florida). I
>can find out more if you like about either of these. I don't know any
>specifics at the moment.
>
>Another possibility is John H. Ritter's THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL
>which uses science principles involved in hitting and computer
>technology to create a simulator. The conflict is whether or not a
>developer will get the land on which stands the 100 year old community
>baseball field. It all comes down to one big game between a ragtag
>team of local boys and girls against a "winning" team from nearby. See
>johnhritter.com for more details, lesson plans, and information on
>baseball physics.
>
>Good luck,
>Ginny White
>Fernandina Beach Middle (FL)
>
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:57:26 -0400
>From: "Bill IVEY" <bivey at sbschool.org>
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
>Message-ID: <fc.006ad1d800ce3f123b9aca0099bc16d5.ce3f13 at sbschool.org>
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>Hi!
>
>Alongside the excellent suggestions for novels you already have received,
>I would suggest you run, don't walk, to the National Middle School
>Association bookstore and pick up a copy of Mark Springer's "Watershed."
>This will give you ideas on a program which thoroughly integrates science,
>literature, and social studies.
>
>Democratic classroom principles would allow you to have the kids choose
>topics which will lead to a set of projects, experiments and activities -
>you could then work to locate a novel whose theme supports that topic in
>some way.
>
>As for methods that really work to get kids reading, I believe strongly
>(and I would say the preponderance of research supports) independent
>reading programs (a.k.a. Drop Everything And Read, Sustained Silent
>Reading, Readers Workshop, etc.) wherein the kids choose their own books.
>For specific reading strategies, if you need to teach those as well,
>"Mosaic of Thought" by Ellin Keene and Susan Zimmerman does a great job of
>detailing best practice supported by research.
>
>I hope this helps!
>
>Take care,
>Bill Ivey
>Stoneleigh-Burnham School
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 7
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:23:20 -0400
>From: "Onyx, Karen" <konyx at chclc.org>
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>To: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <mskg at earthlink.net>, "A list for
> improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
> <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Message-ID:
> <A33E4F916A9E4D47B8A6AAB1FF00F6E7039E3C16 at exchange.chclc.org>
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>Mark, I want to teach this class....what a great idea. I think I'm going to forward this to my principal.
>
>How about Phineas Gage- it's truly gruesome, yet the middle schoolers are mesmerized by it. It goes into brain research and how the brain reacts after traumatic injury (spike through eye and into brain) and how such trauma affects injury. It also touches on medical knowledge of the 1800's.
>
>Phoenix Rising, by Karen Hesse is also quite good. It deals with the aftereffects of a nuclear accident.
>
>There are several books out about surviving hurricanes, tornadoes, wilderness...I'm thinking of Night of the Twister, but it might be a little low for 7th. We created tornado preparedness books as a result.
>
>Mickelsen also has a novel about the first kid in space, Countdown. It's ok- and compares an American boy to a tribal boy in Africa.
>
>There are several books out about Vesuvius, Pompeii, and The Wreck of the Isis- all dealing with archaeological science and comparing to a fictional history of what might have happened.
>
>Hoot and Flush, by Carl Haissen deal with environmental issues versus profitability.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Karen Onyx
>Carusi Middle School
>
>
>
>Karen Onyx
>
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>From: lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson
>Sent: Sat 9/16/2006 10:31 PM
>To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
>Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>
>
>
>Hello, everyone.
>
>I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order to improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and Literature class to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that have been successful in 7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science) and methods that really work for you to get kids reading. I've got about 1/3 of my students who are unruly and I'm not sure how they will receive an assignment to read as opposed to doing some specified project or experiment/activity (which is, of course, what I am used to teaching).
>
>Thank you for any help you can offer,
>Mark Anderson
>Milwaukee WI
>
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>Message: 8
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:32:53 -0500
>From: "Deborah Bova" <queenbova at comcast.net>
>Subject: [LIT] Geology and the Downsiders
>To: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <mskg at earthlink.net>, "A list for
> improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
> <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Message-ID: <001701c6da6e$8b127c20$0a00a8c0 at D7RXDG31>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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>
>Actually, right now I am reading the book the Downsiders with my xl kids...
>by Shusterman. I have been in contact with a geologist re: the geology of
>Manhattan Island (group of downsiders live under NYC using the empty spaces
>greated by geologic features of the bedrock and the tunnel systems, etc. I
>have a website, http://bovarules.typepad.com which has the info on the
>geology and the notion that the geography of an area dictates the culture,
>people's choices etc. Actually, it was culture that I was going for when I
>started this, but the geology aspects diverted this read into an embracing
>of science. HOpe this helps. Deborah Bova
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Anderson/Sally Haldorson" <mskg at earthlink.net>
>To: <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:31 PM
>Subject: [LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective
>
>
>> Hello, everyone.
>>
>> I'm new to the listserv and I'm also a new middle school teacher. In order
>> to improve literacy in our school, I've been given a Science and
>> Literature class to teach. I am looking for suggestions for books that
>> have been successful in 7th and 8th grade classes (and relate to science)
>> and methods that really work for you to get kids reading. I've got about
>> 1/3 of my students who are unruly and I'm not sure how they will receive
>> an assignment to read as opposed to doing some specified project or
>> experiment/activity (which is, of course, what I am used to teaching).
>>
>> Thank you for any help you can offer,
>> Mark Anderson
>> Milwaukee WI
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org
>>
>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org.
>>
>> Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive.
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