Final Blog Post

1. Write a poem or letter to your class and me reflecting on valuable lessons and/or memories you have from 8th grade ELA class. Include 1 or 2 specific lessons, activities, or texts that were memorable or important to you and explain why. Also, what are your hopes, goals, and/or concerns for reading and writing in high school?

2. Just as you did in the beginning of the year, create an Ideal High School Bookshelf of books that you want to read this summer and beyond. You can list titles and authors in your final blog post and/or draw/photograph the books.

DUE  805: Tues June 20, 807 and 813: Wed June 21. Be ready to share and celebrate. Bring in a printed copy of the letter and Ideal Bookshelf or bring in a device on which we could read your blog on. 

Ms. Galang's 2017 Summer and Beyond Bookshelf:

I. Books to finish:
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz

II. Narrative Fiction and Non-Fiction:
Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Ordinary Light by Traci K. Smith
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson


III. Teaching:
Reading Nonfiction by K Beers
Disrupting Thinking by K Beers
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud


IV. Other
Poetry by Tracy K. Smith, Gregory Pardlo, Tyehimba Jess
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon
How to be Drawn by Terrance Hayes