"A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." - from Madeleine L'Engle's Newberry Medal Acceptance Speech

Monday, October 18, 2010

Superterrificbloggers!

Check out these amazing reading responses! These students did valuable and interesting research on their rereading books and incorporated their research in creative, effective ways.

807:

Alberta: thorough investigation of the censorship of A Wrinkle in Time
Ana: deep ideas on religion in A Wrinkle in Time
Tomin: interesting reflection of the significance of names in The Giver
Fiona: nice range of topics from the banning of The Giver to Lois Lowry's purpose in writing

810:

Isaiah: valuable information about the author is incorporated into understanding of text
Amani: good intertextual connections (between Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little)

814:

Gabrielle V: cool history of the inspiration for Lucy's character in the Chronicles of Narnia

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