HIT: read-alouds for high school students

[Karen Styczynski <styczyk@GP.K12.MI.US>]

I received several great suggestions and also some requests to post a hit, =
so here goes:

High School Read-Aloud Suggestions

My Angelica -- Carol Lynch Williams
Romiette and Julio -- Sharon Draper
Frenchtown -- Robert Cormier
How I Spent My Last Night On Earth -- Todd Strasser

I have an English teacher who has been read "Tuesdays with Morrie" to =
his=20
students in Junior English.  He reads for about 5 minutes at the=20
beginning of each period.  He is asking them to comment on the material=20
read in their journals.

With the popularity of the movie Urban legends, you might want to try
Southern Fried Rat & other gruesome tales by Daniel Cohen - the kids love
it, and it's fun to read aloud on a dark, stormy afternoon in October.

Tales from the Dark THirty by McKissack is excellent for 8th graders.  I =
think your high schoolers would like it , too.

I'm new at this too.  An English teacher asked me for a read aloud
suggestion for his freshman classes.  I recommended both "Holes" and
"Harry Potter" and he said they were greatly received.  I guess they are
both middle school level but good stories that keep the interest of the
students.

I read all this year's California Young Reader Nominees, and I would
definitely recommend The Dark Side of Nowhere (Shusterman) as a read-aloud.=

Alias was also pretty good (sorry can't remember the author right off the
top of my head.)

Picture This; Picture Books for Young Adults by Matulka  (Pub by =
Greenwood=20
Press)

Avi  The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (4 times)
Goldman, William  The Princess Bride (6 times)
Marsden, John  So Much to Tell You
Marsden, John  Tomorrow, When the War Began
Sacar, Louis  Holes
Thomas, Rob  Slave Day (2 times)





Karen Styczynski
Media Specialist
Grosse Pointe North High School
Grosse Pointe, MI
styczyk@gp.k12.mi.us

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