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Archive for October, 2007

Books from class readings

October 27, 2007

From an article for Jean’s or Tonys Class:
The Secret Life of Bees, by Kidd, 2002–compelling story set in civil rights era
Bring Life into Learning: Create a Lasting Literacy, by Don Graves

Books for middle schoolers that I should read

October 27, 2007

As I was killing time at my dyad placement, I began scanning the bookshelf in one of the teacher’s classrooms. Man, will I ever have time to read these books? I’m gonna say nope! but it’s worth a shot, right?
 Great Lives Series puts out a ton of books on famous icons, and they are written [...]

More books-with a political theme

October 22, 2007

Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror, by Richard Clarke–Clarke served 7 presidents and worked in the White House for George W. and his father, also Clinton. He resigned in 2003 and gives his views on 9/11 and why it wasn’t prevented, and other mysterys of the reign of W…
Perfectly Legal, by David Kay [...]

Books to open your eyes

October 17, 2007

Feed: about Big Brother entrenched in our lives thru marketing/consumerism, middleschool/hs level reading
 
From Malcolm X Autobio:
-James Baldwin’s books
-Black Like Me by John Griffin
-Julian Mayfield author

Books recommended by my cousin Cameron

October 17, 2007

Cam’s favorite books:
-Tale of Despereaux
-Hatchet
-Bud, not Buddy
-The Pinballs
-Sadako & 1000 Cranes
-Maximum Ride by James Patterson
-Movie: Red Dawn

Books I want to read–intro

October 11, 2007

I find that everytime I read something, that leads me to something else I want to read, and then I have all of these books or articles or magazines of interest and I forget what they were because I either am lazy and don’t write them down, or I write them down someplace random and [...]

this is my first post ever

October 3, 2007

what is this blog going to be about?