Re: MS: Contemporary Novels for 8th grade

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

Francine, I still haven't had an answer to my question:  Why are they
forbidden as read-alouds at the lower levels?   Have students become
so turned off to reading that they feel books can only be read once?

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com


On  9 Mar 99 at 8:55, Francine Eppelsheimer wrote:

> I try to let the librarian for the elem. grades know which books we will use as 
>core
> books and those become hands-off.  It is frustrating -  it is so difficult to find
> great middle school books that appeal to all the students.  When you find a good
> book and the then realize that it was a read aloud a few years earlier it can be
> extremely irritating!
>
> > > I was so excited to read the comments written about HOLES and shared them with
> > > our 8th grade teachers.  We got the book and loved it!!!  Then it turns out
> > > the 6th grade teachers had already used the book as a read-aloud.
> > >
> > > What contemporary novels are you using as class sets for eighth graders?
> > >
> > > How do you handle books that are good for a certain grade level and keep them
> > > from  being used by another grade level in your building/district?  Any
> > > organizational structure that you might suggest?
> > >
> > > TIA!!!
> > >
> > > Jo Anne Collins, Media Specialist
> > > Van Buren Middle School
> > > Kettering OH
> > > jocollins@aol.com
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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