Hello again! I have just returned from Parkrose High School with Mr. Hardin and an assemblage of advanced readers. We had the great fortune of hearing author M. T. Anderson speak about his vast body of work and his writing process. I must admit, I get a little star-struck at these events. Right now I am reading “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing”. It is just about the most enthralling and simultaneously repelling “children’s” story I have ever read. I am about 80 pages into it, and I can’t stop thinking about it. More about this later….
In regards to our Book Group for “When Kids Can’t Read,” here are some options:
Version 1: (Done with the book by the 6th of January)
• Read one chapter per week and write a reflection or commentary on the blog. (Let’s try to post by Thursday)
• Comment on at least one other person’s post per week
• Meet on the first Wednesday the month to discuss the chapters we have read and the strategies we have employed.
Version 2: (Done by December 2nd)
Read the following chapters per week and write a reflection or commentary on the blog (by Thursday)
• Week of 10/12: Read Chapters 3 & 4
• Week of 10/19: Read Chapters 5/6
• Week of 10/26: Read Chapter 7
• Week of 11/2: Read Chapter 8 (and meet on Wednesday)
• Week of 11/9: Read Chapters 9 & 10
• Week of 11/16: Read Chapters 11 & 12
• Week of 11/23 Read Chapter 13
• Week of 11/30: Read Chapters 14 & 15 (and meet on Wednesday)
Please post a comment about which would work best for you…
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I am feeling selfish. I would like to read the rigorous way and be done by December only because I am taking the Praxis Reading Test on November 14th. Yikes, that is only a month away!
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