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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Lit Wits begin!

Those of us who enjoyed Camp Readalot but are not planning on participating in it this year want to enjoy good books and good conversation. Join us in the summer of 2012 for LitWits! We will be reading some YA fiction, sharing picture books and professional books and having some excellent conversation. Lisa Gearman and Leslie Geissler have been cooking up some plans and Jeanne LaMoore is jumping on board. Want to join us?

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How-To

1. Let Jeanne LaMoore (lamoorej@district112.org) know that you want to participate.
2. Send Jeanne your title recommendations for a YA book, a picture book, a professional book, and/or a nonfiction book for teens.
3. Check out the blog to see the summer reading list (it is growing each week).
4. Read as many of the titles as you possibly can! (Not just your own recommendations.)
5. Make comments on the blog as you read each title.
6. Come to our celebration on August 8th at CHS to share ideas and recommendations for using literature in your classroom.

YA Titles

Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien (Jeanne)

The Hunger Pains: a Parody by The Harvard Lampoon (Cina)

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan (Doris) - this is book 3 in the Kane Chronicles

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (Laura)

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Connie)

My Life as the Ugly Stepsister by Julie Alexander (Tricia)

The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure by James Dashner (Sarah) - with The Kill Order (prequel) coming out August 14!

The Hunger Games (series) by Suzanne Collins (Travis)

Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger (Jo)

Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls by Mary Downing Hahn (Leslie)

Deadly: How Do You Catch an Invisible Killer? by Julie Chibbaro (Gillian)

Professional Titles

The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller (Cina & Leslie)

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Jeanne)

Transition Planning Inventory by ??? (Doris)

When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers (Laura)

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr (Connie)

The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child by Ron Clark (Tricia)

Summarization in Any Subject by Rick Wormeli (Sarah)

Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students by Denise Clark Pope (Travis)

Developing Standards-Based Report Cards by Thomas R. Guskey & Jane M. Bailey (Leslie)

Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America by Shawn Lawrence Otto, a local author (Gillian)

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Lit Wits begin!

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