Thursday, April 26, 2012

Reading Log

Genre / Titles
             I.      Non-fiction/Informational (1 reflection required on blog)     
                 1.)  A Child Called "It"- Dave Pelzer 
                 2.)  Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery- R. Freedman
                 3.) Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow- S.C. Bartoletti 
                 4.) My Life in Dog Years- G. Paulsen

          II.      Poetry (1 reflection required on blog)
1)      What My Mother Doesn’t Know
2. If the Shoe Fits- L. Whipple 

       III.      Modern Fantasy (1 reflection required on blog)        
1)      Babe the Gallant Pig 
2.) The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins 
3.) Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
4.) MockingJay- Suzanne Collins 


       IV.      Historical Fiction (1 reflection required on blog –can be a picture book)     
1)      Al Capone Does My Shirts 
2.) Bud, Not Buddy- C. Curtis 
3.) A Single Shard- L.S. Park 

          V.      Multicultural/Traditional (2 reflections required on blog – one can be a picture book)        
                  1.) Grandfather Tales- R. Chase 
                  2.) The Skin I'm In- S. Flakes 
                  3.) Her stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales- V. Hamilton 

       VI.      Realistic Fiction (1 reflection required on blog)
1)      Laugh Until you Cry  
2.)  I know why the caged bird sings- M. Angelou
3.) On My Honor- M. Bauer
4.) Walk Two Moons- S. Creech 
5.) Hatchet- G. Paulsen
6.) Freak the Mighty- W.R. Philbrick
7.) Holes- L. Sachar 
8.) Wringer- J. Spinelli 

    VII.      Picture Books (6 reflections required on blog)
1)      Knots on a Counting Rope 
2.) Rose Blanche- C. Gallaz
3.) The Gettysburg Address- A. Lincoln
4.) The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! By A. Wolf-  J. Scieszka 
5.) Faithful Elephants- Y. Tsuchiya
6.) The Sweetest Fig- C. Van Allsburg 
7.) The Invention of Hugo Cabret- B. Selznick 

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

__2__ Social Studies
                               Hannah is My Name
                               Hitler Youth- Growing up in Hitler's Shadow 
_1___ Science
                               The Giving Tree 
_2___ Math
                               If you were a plus/minus sign
                               If you were an even/odd number 

__1__ Reading/Language Arts
                              Rising Voices: Writing of Young Native Americans 

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