[LIT] lit Digest, Vol 21, Issue 19

Fri Jul 20 19:24:11 EDT 2007

I just read and shared with summer school students, Runner, by Carl Deuker.  The students really loved the book.  Another book I've read recently is Code Orange, by Caroline Cooney.  We have ordered this to use with seventh graders this fall.

Cheryl Ford
Saluda Trail Middle School

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: backwards design or UbD (Pam Horton)
   2. Re: backwards design or UbD (Lise)
   3. Re: Living Books (bmaddox at comcast.net)
   4. Re: Living Books (Ty Dartez)
   5. Re: Living Books (readersnracers at aol.com)
   6. Re: Living Books (kimberlee hannan)
   7. Re: Living Books (Steve Climie)
   8. Re: backwards design or UbD (Ckingsbery at aol.com)
   9. Re: Living Books (bmaddox at comcast.net)
  10. mid-summer book recs (Bill IVEY)
  11. Re: mid-summer book recs (Kim Richard)
  12. Re: mid-summer book recs (Amy Holtzer)
  13. Re: mid-summer book recs (Patricia Sankey)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:33:24 -0400
From: "Pam Horton" <hortonp at oacsd.org>
Subject: Re: [LIT] backwards design or UbD
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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Does this book include information on formative assessment?  Our professional learning focus this year may be on using formative assessment to influence instruction---

>>> "Lise" <iteach at cybertrails.com> 07/18/07 12:04 AM >>>
His newest book is called Classroom Assessment for Student Learning, 
published by ETS (He works for them now). 
http://www.solution-tree.com/Public/Media.aspx?ShowDetail=true&ProductID=BKT007 

He has other books on assessment as well, but this is the most current. I 
just spent 4 days at a conference sponsored by ETS, where he was a keynote. 
I had the opportunity to ask him why he joined an organization that I 
personally believe is in part responsible for the mess commonly referred to 
as NCLB. He believes he can affect change from within by engaging with 
political leaders since ETS has the ear of the government. I hope he is 
right. We need education advocates working for us.

Lise 

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:37:57 -0700
From: "Lise" <iteach at cybertrails.com>
Subject: Re: [LIT] backwards design or UbD
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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Yes, there is a wealth of information on formative assessment. Formative 
assessment is assessment FOR learning. If you go to the website that I sent 
and click on the "look inside" link you can see what is in the table of 
contents.

Lise 

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:55:29 +0000
From: bmaddox at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [LIT] Living Books
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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Am at a workshop on reading/writing workshop where the consultant is promoting something called "A Living Book."  The idea is that students will use it as "sort of" a journal, private thoughts, etc., and will also cut and paste samples of text (or teacher's handouts) and respond to them, draw, etc. Could include prompts and responses.  It's a work in progress.  We've debated such issues as whether or not to allow the kids to take them home, whether or not to assess it.  

I googled the term, "Living Book" +"Writing instruction" but no site with pertinent info popped up.  I figured if this is an emerging strategy or practice, someone on this list will know of it.  Incidentally, the consultant is from the Denver area.

Bev Maddox

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:10:05 -0400
From: Ty Dartez <maydartez at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [LIT] Living Books
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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Hi Bev,

This sounds interesting....a little like an Interactive Notebook maybe? 
Did anybody happen to ask how it was different/similar?

May
On Jul 18, 2007, at 2:55 PM, bmaddox at comcast.net wrote:

> The idea is that students will use it as "sort of" a journal, private 
> thoughts, etc., and will also cut and paste samples of text (or 
> teacher's handouts) and respond to them, draw, etc. Could include 
> prompts and responses.  It's a work in progress.  We've debated such 
> issues as whether or not to allow the kids to take them home, whether 
> or not to assess it.

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:54:49 -0400
From: readersnracers at aol.com
Subject: Re: [LIT] Living Books
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
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Bev wrote:

a workshop on reading/writing workshop where the consultant is promoting 
something called "A Living Book."  The idea is that students will use it as 
"sort of" a journal, private thoughts, etc., and will also cut and paste samples 
of text (or teacher's handouts) and respond to them, draw, etc. Could include 
prompts and responses.  It's a work in progress.  We've debated such issues as 
whether or not to allow the kids to take them home, whether or not to assess it.  

Pam writes:
Sounds similar to what I call an interactive notebook in my LA classroom.? I've never heard of a "living book," but this sounds? like it's interactive,
contains notes from workshops, requires thoughtful responses in print/drawing/etc. and is a place to practice writing.? My IAN does all that.? Let us know more about what you learn on the Living Books.

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:12:36 -0700
From: "kimberlee hannan" <mrshannan6th at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [LIT] Living Books
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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It reminds me of the journal that makes the book Amelia's Notebook, and the
other incarnations of that book.  We did something like that about 10 years
ago.  We read the books aloud together to begin our study of journals.  I
gave the kids a comp. book to just write in.  I remember my kids going to
great lengths to write out memories and short stories.  When my mother
brought me a birthday cake that year, many of my students wrote about the
party on the napkins and taped them into the journals as well.
Kim

On 7/18/07, readersnracers at aol.com <readersnracers at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Bev wrote:
>
>
> a workshop on reading/writing workshop where the consultant is promoting
> something called "A Living Book."  The idea is that students will use it
> as
> "sort of" a journal, private thoughts, etc., and will also cut and paste
> samples
> of text (or teacher's handouts) and respond to them, draw, etc. Could
> include
> prompts and responses.  It's a work in progress.  We've debated such
> issues as
> whether or not to allow the kids to take them home, whether or not to
> assess it.
>
> Pam writes:
> Sounds similar to what I call an interactive notebook in my LA classroom.?
> I've never heard of a "living book," but this sounds? like it's interactive,
> contains notes from workshops, requires thoughtful responses in
> print/drawing/etc. and is a place to practice writing.? My IAN does all
> that.? Let us know more about what you learn on the Living Books.
>
>
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:11:45 -0700
From: Steve Climie <sclimie at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [LIT] Living Books
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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Hi,

I first came across the term Living Books in a book I read last year.  
It was called Writing Through the Tween Years: Supporting Writers,  
Grades 3-6, by Bruce Morgan with Deb Odom. They are both  
from...Colorado.

It is published by Stenhouse.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3cp3no

I don't have the book handy, but as I recall, the Living Books were  
not to be graded. They were places for the kids to explore different  
kinds of writing. It was a place for kids to come back to repeatedly  
for ideas to inspire further, more developed writing. It was a  
storage place for getting thoughts, impressions, and ideas on paper.

Steve Climie
Old Crow, Yukon

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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:02:28 EDT
From: Ckingsbery at aol.com
Subject: Re: [LIT] backwards design or UbD
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
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In a message dated 7/18/2007 12:34:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hortonp at oacsd.org writes:

Does  this book include information on formative assessment?  Our 
professional  learning focus this year may be on using formative assessment to influence  
instruction---

The formative assessments are embedded in the  design.

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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:13:07 +0000
From: bmaddox at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [LIT] Living Books
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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Thanks for all your comments about Living Books.  Steve Clymie mentioned Bruce Morgan and Writing Through the Tween Years, Grades 3-6.  That is indeed where the presenter at my workshop got the idea.  She is now the principal of an elementary school (moved from an AP job at a middle school) and has brought Living Books to her elem. school.  Her 17 year old daughter visited today and showed us her "Living Book."  Quite interesting.  Seems she didn't know that was what she was creating until her mother referred to it as such.  She called it "Creative Disarray," I think, after a line in a book describing someone's windblown hair...She said she has been keeping one for several years and has several filled ones under her bed.  

I asked if it were a variety of Interactive Notebooks, but since the presenter was unfamiliar with that concept, couldn't say.  However, she is very open to new ideas and I'll be sending her some info on IANs in science and in language arts.  I'm interested in having students in the AVID program keep a living book (I really don't like that nomer) as part of their AVID binder, with learning logs an integral part.

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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:28:51 -0400
From: "Bill IVEY" <bivey at sbschool.org>
Subject: [LIT] mid-summer book recs
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
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Hi!

We're at around mid-summer, with (as you might have heard) the 7th Harry
Potter book due out shortly. Before we all closet ourselves away for a
while (my family has agreed to read the entire book aloud to each other),
I'm wondering what everyone's been reading, and what book recommendations
you might have for us.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:03:33 -0400
From: "Kim Richard" <krichard at music-makers.net>
Subject: Re: [LIT] mid-summer book recs
To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'"
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I just finished I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, and Looking For Alaska
by John Green.  Both were excellent books!

Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill IVEY [mailto:bivey at sbschool.org] 
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:29 AM
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [LIT] mid-summer book recs

Hi!

We're at around mid-summer, with (as you might have heard) the 7th Harry
Potter book due out shortly. Before we all closet ourselves away for a
while (my family has agreed to read the entire book aloud to each other),
I'm wondering what everyone's been reading, and what book recommendations
you might have for us.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:18:29 -0400
From: "Amy Holtzer" <AHoltzer at solomon-schechter.com>
Subject: Re: [LIT] mid-summer book recs
To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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I read The Book Thief, also by Markus Zusak, and it was excellent.  I also liked The History of Love and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

Amy Holtzer
Dean, Solomon Schechter Middle School
Hartsdale, NY

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From: lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Kim Richard
Sent: Thu 7/19/2007 9:03 AM
To: 'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'
Subject: Re: [LIT] mid-summer book recs

I just finished I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, and Looking For Alaska
by John Green.  Both were excellent books!

Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill IVEY [mailto:bivey at sbschool.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:29 AM
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [LIT] mid-summer book recs

Hi!

We're at around mid-summer, with (as you might have heard) the 7th Harry
Potter book due out shortly. Before we all closet ourselves away for a
while (my family has agreed to read the entire book aloud to each other),
I'm wondering what everyone's been reading, and what book recommendations
you might have for us.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:51:05 -0500
From: "Patricia Sankey" <sankpa at hamiltondist.k12.wi.us>
Subject: Re: [LIT] mid-summer book recs
To: <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
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I LOVED "The Book Thief" as well.  The writing and imagery are phenomenal.  I recently read "Grayson" by Lynn Cox and that was beautifully written and short.  It also fits nicely with the recent news stories about whales getting mislead into the wrong waters.  "No More Dead Dogs" by Korman was a fun read recommended by my students.  Last year I read "The Lightning Thief" and just finished "Sea of Monsters" both by Riordan.  If you are a mythology buff, these are two wonderful books as well and the first two of a trilogy.  Lastly, but certainly not leastly, my favorite book of this year so far is "The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp" by Yancey.  My struggling readers absolutely loved the book, even though it is long.  The voice and adventures in the book kept them reading...and me too!

Patty

Patricia Sankey
Reading Specialist
Templeton Middle School
>>> "Amy Holtzer" <AHoltzer at solomon-schechter.com> 07/19/07 9:18 AM >>>
I read The Book Thief, also by Markus Zusak, and it was excellent.  I also liked The History of Love and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

Amy Holtzer
Dean, Solomon Schechter Middle School
Hartsdale, NY

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From: lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org on behalf of Kim Richard
Sent: Thu 7/19/2007 9:03 AM
To: 'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'
Subject: Re: [LIT] mid-summer book recs

I just finished I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, and Looking For Alaska
by John Green.  Both were excellent books!

Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill IVEY [mailto:bivey at sbschool.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:29 AM
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [LIT] mid-summer book recs

Hi!

We're at around mid-summer, with (as you might have heard) the 7th Harry
Potter book due out shortly. Before we all closet ourselves away for a
while (my family has agreed to read the entire book aloud to each other),
I'm wondering what everyone's been reading, and what book recommendations
you might have for us.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

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