[LIT] 8th grade classroom library

[khonyx at aol.com]

How about "Girl Picks" or"Chick Picks" and "Guy Reads".? There's a good book out "Guys Write, Guy Read" - it's all male authors writing about growing up.

I also have a survival shelf with Paulsen books and Man v Nature themes.? There are also war-time books- Under the Blood Red Sun, Holocaust books, war diaries, Code Talkers...sci fi, historical fiction.? 

Karen Onyx
Carusi Middle School


-----Original Message-----
From: McGivern, Liz <lmcgivern at sau81.org>
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 7:39 pm
Subject: [LIT] 8th grade classroom library



WOW! Thanks so much for all the responses. 

I love the "Poland's Picks" idea and I think I'll add a bin with some adaptation 
of that. The Chicken Soup books are a good idea, too -- that might be a good 
addition to the "short stories" bin. The Bluford High series is so popular that 
I ordered a whole set from Townsend -- that's a great site!!  We have Touching 
Spirit Bear in our book room, so I might swipe a few battered copies from 
there...the kids aren't thrilled with that one when they have to read it with 
the class, but I bet they'd love to read it if it was a choice book.

I have one library-type table-display shelf that I rotate books through, and 
it's true that those books get read more often. I'd love to do the rain gutter 
bookshelves, but I can't afford them. 

Does anyone have ideas about how I can further divide my "Teen Issues" novels? 
They just seem so overwhelming, and the boys just don't go there, but I bet 
there are a bunch of books that guys would get into.

I just got some of the Korman & Kidnapped series in my latest Scholastic order 
(that came AFTER the end of school) so I'm psyched about that. I'll have to 
check into the Dear America books!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU for all your help and advice. You gave me some good meat to 
chew upon, but keep the thoughts coming. 

Ms. Liz McGivern
8th grade Language Arts
Hudson Memorial School




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