Re: summer reading together?

["Betsy" <betsy@mlpowersports.com>]

Jim and all,

I also ordered the book and am partway through it.  It is fantastic, both in 
how it's set-up as well as the content.

Let's get that discussion going!

Betsy
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: [middle-lit] summer reading together?


> Jim,
> I've ordered this book and am expecting it to arrive any day.  Am 
> wondering
> if others would be interested in having a discussion.
>
> If not, if another book is considered, I am open to reading/discussing an
> alternative.
>
> Cathy
>
> In a message dated 6/25/2007 8:04:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jimjceleb@aol.com writes:
>
> Hello  everyone,
> I have been reading Adolescent Literacy; Turning Promise into  Practice
> edited by Kylene Beers, Linda Rief, and Robert Probst. If there is  anyone 
> out
> there who would like to talk about this book, I am really dieing to 
> discuss it.
> There is so much in that volume that holds such huge implications  for the
> future of teaching the Language Arts that I really want to find out  what 
> others
> think. I am not the least bit surprised by the richness of the  content 
> since
> anything that seems to carry the names of Beers, Rief and Probst  has 
> similiar
> high quality. Wait until you see the names of the people who have
> contiributed chapters, then you too willknow how strong this volume is.
> Jim  Johnston
>
>
>
>
>
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