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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. December 17, 2015. The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis. The Watsons Go To Birmingham by. December 17, 2015. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. November 10, 2015. Matilda by Roald Dahl. By Roald Dahl, took me back to my childhood. Although I hadn’t read. Prior, I was a big fan of. I can recall reading the book, and really questioning if witches were in fact real. What I can enjoy about reading ...
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The Road Trip & Walk Two Moons | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Http:/ youtu.be/VWyH twcMl0. Coming of age,. Coming of age stories often take the shape of a physical journey where the hero must physically travel from one destination to another before the maturity is realized. Enter the. By author Sharon Creech is a perfect example. Sharon Creech, author of. On her official website [ http:/ sharoncreech.com/meet-sharon-creech. Short for Salamanca) (Intere...
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Matilda by Roald Dahl | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. November 10, 2015. Matilda by Roald Dahl. By Roald Dahl, took me back to my childhood. Although I hadn’t read. Prior, I was a big fan of. I can recall reading the book, and really questioning if witches were in fact real. What I can enjoy about reading Dahl, now as an adult and an educator, is his humor that is in fact intended for an older audience I believe. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. It’s completely und...
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. December 17, 2015. The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis. The Watsons Go To Birmingham by. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Who we are | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. Right now (February 2014), we’ve just started our YA Lit course. As we gel into a community, we’ll add more here about individual members. BR = course instructor, avid YA and MG lit fan, especially fantasy. Also a fantasy author. Things I wonder about: why doesn’t everyone love fantasy? Why doesn’t everyone love reading? Why do I reread certain books so many times? However, why is there still hope? YMK = A writer and produce...
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. October 20, 2015. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Friendship and Intimacy in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. One thought on “ The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. October 31, 2015 at 11:52 pm. What I want to write a little more about, though, is the how the book crosses over so many genres. The book is essentially a novel told in poetic line, th...
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. October 27, 2015. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. When I began reading. I would also have a visual component to the assignment and ask the students to create drawings or pictures of their characters, trying to use details from the story. I think that the writing activity will be one they enjoy to write. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. Matilda by Roald Dahl. Enter your comment here.
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Notes on Tuck Everlasting et al | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. August 19, 2015. Notes on Tuck Everlasting et al. Within the novel, characters who are aware of the fountain have varying attitudes towards it. The mysterious man in the yellow suit, tries to make money off it, but pays for his hucksterism with his life. An obvious question, I might ask students is what would you do if you had the choice of eternal life? This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Deadline by Chris Crutcher.
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Friendship and Intimacy in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” | Readers Are Leaders 2014
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Readers Are Leaders 2014. The Road Trip and Walk Two Moons. Why we teach YA lit. October 10, 2015. Friendship and Intimacy in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”. The main characters find themselves in emotional turmoil when their sexual relationships fail. Charlie’s two relationships both turn out badly. The first with Mary Elizabeth ends on a passive aggressive note when he kisses his true love Samantha (Sam) instead of Mary E. during a Truth or Dare game at a party. Homosexuality, not surprisingly, is e...