Reading Log

Reading Log for 30 books (to paste into your blog in at the end of the term)

• Instructions: List the titles and authors you read under each Genre, and use checklist below for Wiki posts. Then, highlight this material and paste it into a final blog post. I have already included (in the 30) the ones we read for discussion. Feel free to read more in each genre as you make t
  

 

Genre / Titles you read

             I.      Non-fiction/Informational (1 chapter book or photo essay book reflection required on blog)

1)       Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

2) Nickel and Dimed: On not getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

 

          II.      Poetry (1 chapter or picture book reflection required on blog)

1)      Witness by Karen Hesse. (required for discussion)

2)       Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

 

       III.      Modern Fantasy (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)          

1)      The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. (required for discussion)

2)       The Giver by Lois Lowry

 

 

3) The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

 

4) Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

 

5) The Dead and Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

 

6) The Secret Circle: The Initiation by L.J. Smith

7) The Secret Circle: The Captive Part 1 by L.J. Smith

 

8)The Secret Circle: The Captive Part 2 by L.J. Smith

 

9) The Secret Circle: The Power by L.J. Smith

 

 

 

 

       IV.      Historical Fiction (1 reflection required on blog –can be a picture book)     

1)      A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck. (required for discussion)

2)       The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spears

 

3) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

 

4) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

 

          V.      Multicultural/Traditional (2 reflections required on blog – one can be a picture book)         

1)      Monster by Walter Dean Myers

2)       The Skin I'm in by Sharon Flake

 

       VI.      Realistic Fiction (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)

1)      The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck. (required for discussion)

2)       Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

 

 

3) Listen by Rene Gutteridge

 

4) Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

 

5) Max the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

 

6) Holes by Louis Sachar

7) Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Batman Smells by Barbara Lynne Park

 

    VII.      Picture Books (5 reflections required on blog during the first two weeks of class. There should be a total here of at least six.)

1)      Flossie & the Fox by Patricia McKissack. (required for discussion)

2)      –The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

3)      – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Willaim Steig

4)      – The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

5)      – No, David by David Shannon

6)      -By the Light of the Halloween Moon by Caroline Stutson

 

 

Wiki Checklist

Instructions: Write the number of entries for each category you posted into on the Course Wiki (requirement is four total posts, in four different categories)

 

2 Social Studies

____ Science

1 Math

____ Music

1 Art

____ Reading/Language Arts

____ Physical Education

1 Other