[LIT] 8th grade classroom library

[Susan Shull]

What titles did you have in your high interest/low level bin?

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From: "Heather Poland" <hpoland at gmail.com>
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I made up other categories for my books- I had a few in Teen Issues, usually
the really popular teen issue ones. I also had a bin called "Poland's Picks"
where I put books that I loved. I would also do a book talk on them and they
always checked them out! I also split up my nonfiction and had a large
nonfiction collection. I would make groups based off of what I had. For
example, I had a lot of high interest (lower level) books so I labeled those
"High Interest" I had a science bin, history, etc.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM, McGivern, Liz <lmcgivern at sau81.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone;
>
> I am a long-time lurker finally getting the courage to post! :) I've
> enjoyed reading posts and learning from all of you; I am a former high
> school English teacher who started teaching 8th grade 2 years ago, and I 
> can
> use all the help I can get. This is a whole different ball game, but I'm
> loving every minute of it.
>
> I am a Language Arts teacher, and one of my goals over the summer is to
> organize & beef up my classroom novels. I organize them into genres right
> now. Each genre occupies a plastic bin in the class, and the books have a
> dot that tells to which bin they are to be returned. As you can see, my
> library is a bit lopsided!
>
> Short Story             3%
> Adventure               4%
> Historical Fiction      6%
> Sports                  8%
> Mystery                 8%
> Nonfiction/autobiography13%
> SciFi                   17%
> Teen Issues             43%
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for authors in my "sparse" genres that
> would appeal to my 8th graders? Or any organizational tips for me --  
> should
> I further divide the "Teen Issues" genre? I know it's not really a genre, 
> so
> it's hard for me, as a true English major, to justify it :)
>
> Any suggestions are welcome -- I have tough skin, so fire away.
>
> Thanks in advance to those who are more creative and more experienced than
> I!!
>
> Ms. Liz McGivern
> 8th grade Language Arts
> Hudson Memorial School
>
>
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