Genre / Titles you read
I.
Non-fiction/Informational (1 chapter book or photo
essay book reflection required on blog)
1)
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
II.
Poetry (1 chapter or picture book reflection required
on blog)
1)
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech. (required for
discussion – do NOT use on blog)
2)
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: and Other
Poems by Jack Prelutsky
3)
Songs of Innocence by William Blake
4)
Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg
5)
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel
Silverstein
6)
Revolting Rhymes by Ronald Dahl
III.
Modern Fantasy (1 chapter book reflection required on
blog)
1) I, Jack
by Patricia Finney.
(required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)
2) Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
3) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4) The Giver by Lois Lowry
5) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
IV.
Historical Fiction (1 reflection required on blog –can
be a picture book)
1) The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck. (required for discussion
– do NOT use on blog)
2) Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
V.
Multicultural/Traditional (2 reflections required on
blog – one can be a picture book)
1)
Hiroshima: A Novella by Laurence Yep
(required for discussion – do
NOT use on blog)
2)
Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton
3)
Why Mosquitoes Buss in People’s Ears by
Verna Aardema
4)
M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia
Hamilton
VI.
Realistic Fiction (1 chapter book reflection required
on blog)
1) Baby by Patricia MacLachlan. (required for discussion – do NOT use on
blog)
2)
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
3)
Frindle by Andrew Clements
4)
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
5)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
VII. Picture
Books (5 reflections required on blog during the first two weeks of class.
There should be a total here of at least six.)
1) The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting. (required for discussion
– do NOT use on blog)
2) –The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
3) –So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George
4) –The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
5) –Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
6) – Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
7) The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
Wiki Checklist
Instructions:
Write the number of entries for each category you posted into on the Course
Wiki (requirement is two total posts, in two different categories)
____ Social Studies
____ Science
____ Math
____ Music
__1__
Art (Poetry genre) Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: and Other
Poems by Jack Prelutsky
__1__
Reading/Language Arts (Multicultural/Traditional Literature genre) Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton
____ Physical Education
____ Other