Pen & Paper in Perfect Accord

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:15:13 GMT

I keep a smallish libaray in my classroom. As an English teacher, I teach writing straight from the source -- literature. I haven't used a textbook in 2 years and I haven't missed them at all; my students either. Most of the books I buy from Scholastic. Visit my MINI-MALL for other sellers.

We use the books to analyze and practice writing styles. By the end of the school year, students have a sigfinicant repertoire of sentence and organizational styles at their disposal. This is just a short list from the top of my head.

Animal Farm Animals are people, too. Absolute power corrupts -- absolutely.

A Wrinkle in Time Epic. Classic. Beautiful. Fun.

Among The Hidden Can it be considered futuristic if it's already happening?

Chicken Soup for The Teenage Soul I don't like these, but my students do.

Freak, The Mighty

Green Angel Tatooing. Fine, whatever.

Guys Write for Guys Read I recommend "The Crossing", "Just a Game", and the poem where every line starts with "Don't".

Henry P. Baloney Adorable. Colorful. Funny. Beautiful design. Clever.

How to Eat Fried Worms Easy to read. Good for reluctant readers.

John, Paul, George & Ben Beautiful design. Clever, witty, sardonic. Lots of Beatles in-jokes!

Love That Dog Adorable. Good for reluctant readers.

Maniac Magee

Oops, I Did It Again Hard to find, but worth it. Short anecdotes about dealing with embarassment.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry A different world, yet the same.

Squids Will Be Squids A laugh-riot! Hysterical. Beef lips!

Surviving The Applewhites

The House of Dies Drear (pronounced /Dees/)

The Keeper

The Outsiders

The Phantom Tollbooth Inventive. Layers of meaning. In every sense, a Language ART!

The Uglies/The Pretties Children reap what parents sow -- preoccupation with labels

The View from Saturday A refreshing urban sense of humor. How long has it been since you've written a bread-and-butter letter?

To Kill a Mockingbird A cosmos of universal themes

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Growing pains of a new country echoed in the spirit of a young boy

"Books are, let's face it, better than anything else."

Nick Hornby~The Polysyllabic Spree

[This blog is a hobby. I have no business or personal connection

with any of the sellers listed in MINI-MALL other than being

a customer. I am not making any financial profit from any of this.]

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Pen & Paper in Perfect Accord