[LIT] 8th grade classroom library

[ljackson]

I am not recommending them as high literature but kids seem to like the
Chicken Soup books and though they are not all stories, they would seem to
fit there.  

Lori


On 6/24/08 2:22 PM, "Heather Poland" <hpoland at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Lori Jackson
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