[LIT] vacation reading

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Our State Scores came in...our school with the highest poverty of the three middle schools in the system and the lowest IQs  of the three kicked the pants off their sister schools.. Even the kids who failed the total LA component passed the writing part...yippeee... sorrry, self-celebration is special for the soul...and it alliterates. :) I made our principal a sweatshirt with an excel graph on the front that represented our scores...gloat, gloat, gloat.....

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: J Parker Mastin <jparkermastin at yahoo.com> 

> I cannot recommend Best Sports Writing enough. I pick up a copy every year and I 
> am never disappointed. I get caught up with all the major issues in sports and 
> am introduced to players and sports I would have never known. I am an avid 
> reader of ESPN magazine, but this series kicks it up several notches. The 
> writing is so rich. I occassionally excerpt some writing that I think would be 
> of high interest to my students. 
> 
> As for me, I plan on finishing "The 5 People You Meet in Heaven" "Veronica 
> Decides to Die" and "Teaching vocabulary to improve reading comprehension" by 
> William Nagy. I am going to re-read "The Four Agreements" -- I think I'll need 
> to re-charge my inner zen master as we make the death march to state assessments 
> and spring break. I am going to finish "Hole in my life" by Gantos and develop 
> unit questions for our reading in January. 
> 
> Judith 
> 
> 
> "To gain knowledge, add things every day. To gain wisdom, remove things 
> every day." -- Lao Tzu 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ---- 
> From: Bill IVEY 
> To: lit at literacyworkshop.org 
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:57:59 PM 
> Subject: [LIT] vacation reading 
> 
> Hi! 
> 
> What are you looking forward to reading over winter break?! Me, I've got a 
> Barnes and Noble gift card left over from my birthday, and will wait a few 
> days to see what Christmas brings before indulging. I have my eye on "Best 
> Sports Writing 2007" though. 
> 
> Take care, 
> Bill Ivey 
> Stoneleigh-Burnham School 
> 
> 
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