I am one of those kids who loved the first day of school. Still do. Every year I look forward to starting over again, even though the end of every year is very sad for me when I lose my new "family". This is the start of our journey together, and I promise you it will be worthwhile.
I will ask a lot of you. If you invest in what we're doing here, you will find that you approach literature in a completely new way by the time this class is finished.
With that in mind, we will open up our yearlong dialogue on books. This week I will "book talk" the books that I read over the summer. Some of them are wonderful...some, not so much. You are welcome to borrow and read any of them...you will discover quickly that there is nothing I like better than talking about books, unless it's reality t.v. (I know. It's trash. Sue me.).
In return, I will ask you to "book talk" one or two of your favorite books in a comment/response to this post. Please try to select books that were not class assignments in high school, although if you feel that strongly about a book then go ahead. Give a brief summary (NO SPOILERS!!) and recommendation, and please make sure you are commenting and NOT creating a new post.
This is your first blog 'assignment'...it will be due by September 17th.
Looking forward to some new ideas for reading, and to an amazing year with all of you.
Mrs. Schroeder
