tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post8503894775277535279..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: Weekly Wrap-up for February 26, 2012: Playing Catch-up and Teaching Texts.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-79208127801499895512012-02-28T16:05:13.000-05:002012-02-28T16:05:13.000-05:00It sounds like you will have a lot of fun with tho...It sounds like you will have a lot of fun with those books for school! I've only read <em>Night</em> and <em>The Crucible</em>, both for school, but most of the others I know by reputation. Good luck with your preparations.amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-26348851249831683502012-02-27T16:41:27.952-05:002012-02-27T16:41:27.952-05:00I swear, English classes have come a long way sinc...I swear, English classes have come a long way since I was in high school...and I'm not THAT old!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-34673267864049842302012-02-27T15:50:39.647-05:002012-02-27T15:50:39.647-05:00I don't remember reading anything contemporary...I don't remember reading anything contemporary when I was in high school (time of the dinosaurs), so I'm glad to see Hunger Games on your list. My college freshman daughter loved it.<br /><br />I have read The Color of Water and liked it a lot. It's an autobiography of a man with a white (Jewish) mother and a black father living in NYC (Brooklyn?) and how is mother pushes her children to succeed. It's themes include being raised in a color-blind family and then confronting the segregated world.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01140033967048452572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-48032019141983796242012-02-27T11:48:39.888-05:002012-02-27T11:48:39.888-05:00sounds like a cool class. I remember at school we ...sounds like a cool class. I remember at school we just read Shakespeare (which I enjoyed unlike most children) and some other book about a class project where you had to care for a sack of flour...A Damned Conjurorhttp://damnedconjuror.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-21716454298963317172012-02-26T19:57:59.857-05:002012-02-26T19:57:59.857-05:00I think it's awesome that the school has a cla...I think it's awesome that the school has a class specifically for non-readers and that you get to teach The Hunger Games to them! What a great way to get people into reading. I think we sometimes create lifelong non-readers by pushing books on them that just aren't that interesting or seem too challenging unless you already enjoy reading. I've actually never read Ender's Game, so I'll have to check that out at some point.Lindsey Sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654365166738983077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-17579613500565332282012-02-26T17:12:48.197-05:002012-02-26T17:12:48.197-05:00Ive never read Ender's Game, but I LOVED the H...Ive never read Ender's Game, but I LOVED the Hunger Games. I need to finish the second one so I can put Mockingjay on my kindle. I might suck it up and put both Catching Fire & Mockingjay onto the kindle since I've got some traveling coming up. :)SarahBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07807338988005426647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-63769881698867347532012-02-26T15:48:26.286-05:002012-02-26T15:48:26.286-05:00Wow. Teaching Ender's Game and the Hunger Game...Wow. Teaching Ender's Game and the Hunger Games?? Can I take that class??Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629286727932554109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-73538352181959602132012-02-26T15:14:24.914-05:002012-02-26T15:14:24.914-05:00I really need to read Ender's Game. My sister ...I really need to read Ender's Game. My sister and dad are big fans, and I feel a bit ashamed that I haven't got round to it yet. <br /><br />Good luck with your teaching prep this week!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-6416849446498126482012-02-26T14:58:55.549-05:002012-02-26T14:58:55.549-05:00That is a pretty great stack of books. I wish some...That is a pretty great stack of books. I wish some of the books I loved had been published in time for me to have studied them in high school. Though, all 4 English teachers I had missed the mark; not one of them taught Harry Potter. ;)<br /><br />Happy reading and I'm interested to see what you do with the hunger games.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826716134008160506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-67912871711777080692012-02-26T12:13:09.141-05:002012-02-26T12:13:09.141-05:00My students are always shocked when they see me ou...My students are always shocked when they see me out with my husband. I'm sure they think I live in the stock cupboard at work and come out only to teach them! :P<br /><br />Looks like you are going to be teaching some great books, bet you can't wait to get started. I'm doing Alice in Wonderland with my ten year olds at the moment, and they are loving it.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-62896156574374767702012-02-26T08:41:24.775-05:002012-02-26T08:41:24.775-05:00Great books to teach! I think The Hunger Games is ...Great books to teach! I think The Hunger Games is a fantastic book for a classroom.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-49125735742450875022012-02-26T08:26:38.466-05:002012-02-26T08:26:38.466-05:00That's a lot of reading! You sound happy. :) S...That's a lot of reading! You sound happy. :) Sending you good thoughts and a hug. (I've never read Ender's Game and Hunger Games. I like that they're allowing contemporary work into the classroom.)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.com