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Thoughts about books from students, their trusty librarian, and often their Language Arts teacher, too…

Week #5 – 7th/8th Grade – 9/21 to 9/25

September 22nd, 2009 · 101 Comments

It’s back!
Sorry for the delay in getting a post up this week, but we had an interesting Monday here at LeGrande, didn’t we? First the network was down and then the water turned against us! Maybe today will be calmer…
So anyway, I’ll get right to it. This week, I want to know something about not [...]

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Tags: 2009 Book Projects - Fall · 7th Grade · 8th Grade · Books

Week #4 – 7th/8th Grade – 9/14 to 9/18

September 14th, 2009 · 112 Comments

Guess what, LeGrande? We’re starting to get VERY close to beginning work on our Book Videos! This is our 4th week of reading and responding to one another and soon you will need to begin writing your scripts, creating your storyboards and choosing images to illustrate your thoughts! And just to remind you, I hope [...]

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Tags: 2009 Book Projects - Fall · 7th Grade · 8th Grade · Books

Week #3 – 7th/8th Grade – 9/7 to 9/11

September 7th, 2009 · 84 Comments

Guess what, kids? We’ve got a bit of a game-changer on our hands this week!
I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome Mrs. Martin’s 7th Grade Reading Class at Jessie Clark Middle School in Lexington, KY to the party! They will be joining us for the duration of the project and will be reading from [...]

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Tags: 2009 Book Projects - Fall · 7th Grade · 8th Grade · Books

Week #2 – 7th/8th Grade – 8/31 to 9/4

August 31st, 2009 · 49 Comments

Hello again, my friends! We are now in Week #2 of our Reading Project and I have a small housekeeping issue to discuss with you.
PLEASE be careful when you are selecting the blog post to which you are planning to respond! I had some issues last week and over the weekend with students who had [...]

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Tags: 2009 Book Projects - Fall · 7th Grade · 8th Grade

Week #1 – 7th/8th Grade – 8/24 to 8/28

August 24th, 2009 · 106 Comments

Second verse, same as the first…
And by that, dear students, I am referring to the fact that there are TWO (count them!) posts for this project. One is for the 5th and 6th graders and the other is for the 7th and 8th graders. Please do not confuse the two!
Welcome to what may be your first [...]

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Tags: 2009 Book Projects - Fall · 7th Grade · 8th Grade

Mrs. Martin’s Class – Thoughts on “The Lightning Thief”

March 11th, 2008 · 19 Comments

Hello and welcome to our out-of-town guests!
I’m speaking of Mrs. Deena Martin’s 7th grade Reading Class from Jessie Clark Middle School in Lexington, KY. I had the opportunity to visit with them back in the fall and they have recently finished reading a fabbity-fab book called The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I reviewed this book myself WAY back on [...]

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Tags: Adventure Fiction · Book Reviews · Books · Fantasy Fiction · YA Literature