Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Advice for Future McNeeley Students

So my little 8th grade darlings - soon to be high school punks :)- this is where I would L-O-V-E for you to post any tips, hints, advice or warnings to next year's 8th graders for surviving the coming academic year with me.

You can comment on anything specific (i.e. summer reading, Holocaust unit, Elizabethan fair, abstracts, reading logs, etc.) or everything in general.

What do you wish you had known BEFORE you came to my class?

Monday, January 19, 2009

My Favorite Book(s) of 2008-09

I would like for you to comment on your favorite book (or books) of the year. The book can be from the summer reading list, the college bound reading list, or from some old book you just happened to pick up. Address the following questions in paragraph form:

1. Book Title. Author's First & Last Name.
2. How did you choose this book? (I recommended it; a friend recommended it; it looked cool; Mrs. Hinger recommended it; it came from one of the class lists; etc.)
3. What type of book is this according to genre? Choose as many as applicable.
4. A brief summary of the book.
5. Why did you choose this book?
6. Why would you recommend this book? Why is this your favorite? What made this book so special? Why would we want to read it?

Again, write your blog correctly, okay? Thanks! :)