Have you read any good books lately? I have! I hope to hear about some of your choices and will be sharing some of mine here as well. If you have not already read
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas, you really should. These are troubling times. Reading about how others struggle can help us learn, understand and change.
I usually try to mix it up with YA and adult, fiction and nonfiction so my To Be Read right now:
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War by Yuko Tsuchiya
Notable from last summer:
The Button War by Avi- filling in with some knowledge of WWI
What Made Maddy Run by Kate Fagan- true story of a high-achieving NJ athlete who struggled with adjusting to Ivy League pressure
Touch the Top of the World by Erik Weihenmayer- a blind man summits the worlds highest peaks.
As you read, there is no need to write a summary. Use one or two of the questions below to guide a response to your reading. This will help me get to know you... try different questions for different books such as these
Ten Questions to Ask about a Novel, by Richard Peck
1. What would this story be like if the main character were of the opposite sex?
2. Why is this story set where it is (not what is the setting)?
3. If you were to film this story, what characters would you eliminate if you couldn’t use them all?
4. Would you film this story in black and white or in color?
5. How is the main character different from you?
6. Why would or wouldn’t this story make a good TV series?
7. What’s one thing in this story that’s happened to you?
8. Reread the first paragraph of Chapter 1. What’s in it that makes you read on?
9. If you had to design a new cover for this book, what would it look like?
10. What does the title tell you about the book? Does it tell the truth?
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas, you really should. These are troubling times. Reading about how others struggle can help us learn, understand and change.
I usually try to mix it up with YA and adult, fiction and nonfiction so my To Be Read right now:
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War by Yuko Tsuchiya
Notable from last summer:
The Button War by Avi- filling in with some knowledge of WWI
What Made Maddy Run by Kate Fagan- true story of a high-achieving NJ athlete who struggled with adjusting to Ivy League pressure
Touch the Top of the World by Erik Weihenmayer- a blind man summits the worlds highest peaks.
As you read, there is no need to write a summary. Use one or two of the questions below to guide a response to your reading. This will help me get to know you... try different questions for different books such as these
Ten Questions to Ask about a Novel, by Richard Peck
1. What would this story be like if the main character were of the opposite sex?
2. Why is this story set where it is (not what is the setting)?
3. If you were to film this story, what characters would you eliminate if you couldn’t use them all?
4. Would you film this story in black and white or in color?
5. How is the main character different from you?
6. Why would or wouldn’t this story make a good TV series?
7. What’s one thing in this story that’s happened to you?
8. Reread the first paragraph of Chapter 1. What’s in it that makes you read on?
9. If you had to design a new cover for this book, what would it look like?
10. What does the title tell you about the book? Does it tell the truth?