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Possible Read Harder 2020 Prompts: Graphic memoir
Possible Pop Sugar 2020 Prompts: written more than 20 books, book published in 2020, passes the Bechdel test, 4 star rating on GoodReads.
This was such a cute little graphic memoir about a young Cynthia Copeland who wanted to become a reporter. She gets matched up with another local reporter who teaches her how to find good stories and how to write them. It takes place in the 70s, but feels relevant and fresh. I tore through this, it was a delight to read!
Possible Pop Sugar 2020 Prompts: written more than 20 books, book published in 2020, passes the Bechdel test, 4 star rating on GoodReads.
This was such a cute little graphic memoir about a young Cynthia Copeland who wanted to become a reporter. She gets matched up with another local reporter who teaches her how to find good stories and how to write them. It takes place in the 70s, but feels relevant and fresh. I tore through this, it was a delight to read!
So we read this book for our book club, and I was thoroughly impressed in all honesty. I love love love JK Rowling, and like so many I am a huge Potterhead (I have the Deathly Hallows tattooed on my ankle) but I was slightly nervous for this book. I'd heard amazing things, but I found that with "The Casual Vacancy" Rowling was trying really really hard to separate herself from HP and make it known that it was an adult novel. This one, it was pretty obvious that she wasn't trying as hard.
The book itself took me a bit to get into, and maybe it's because I am so used to the way Rowling wrote Harry Potter that I was ready for that instant grab but I didn't get that until maybe about half way through. To be honest, it might not have helped that I was switching between the book and the e-book but either way.
I really did love this book, and I bought "The Silkworm" the other day, and I'm hoping that my book club picks it up soon because I'm seriously itching to read it.
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The book itself took me a bit to get into, and maybe it's because I am so used to the way Rowling wrote Harry Potter that I was ready for that instant grab but I didn't get that until maybe about half way through. To be honest, it might not have helped that I was switching between the book and the e-book but either way.
I really did love this book, and I bought "The Silkworm" the other day, and I'm hoping that my book club picks it up soon because I'm seriously itching to read it.
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This was the very first book I started reading to prepare for having my own classroom. My best friend bought it for me for my birthday and I dove right in. This was a really accessible book that I honestly enjoyed. Hollie discusses the tenants of teaching in a way that is Culturally and Linguistically Responsive. He talks about grammatical structure in different dialectal forms of English and how to encourage your students to use those, but also to learn to translate them into academic English. He teaches us to affirm our students home cultures, while also preparing them for the outside world.
I've done a lot of reading and work with multiculturalism and how to not center the white experience. Because I want to teach in high need schools where the majority of my students won't be white, I felt it was really important to check my privilege early on, so that when I enter the classroom, I'm able to apply that knowledge rather than learn it as I go. My goal is to give all my students the best education I can provide them. Hollie's book was a wonderful first read and gave me ideas on how I can apply it right away.
This was the very first book I started reading to prepare for having my own classroom. My best friend bought it for me for my birthday and I dove right in. This was a really accessible book that I honestly enjoyed. Hollie discusses the tenants of teaching in a way that is Culturally and Linguistically Responsive. He talks about grammatical structure in different dialectal forms of English and how to encourage your students to use those, but also to learn to translate them into academic English. He teaches us to affirm our students home cultures, while also preparing them for the outside world.
I've done a lot of reading and work with multiculturalism and how to not center the white experience. Because I want to teach in high need schools where the majority of my students won't be white, I felt it was really important to check my privilege early on, so that when I enter the classroom, I'm able to apply that knowledge rather than learn it as I go. My goal is to give all my students the best education I can provide them. Hollie's book was a wonderful first read and gave me ideas on how I can apply it right away.
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Yvette Jackson, Zaretta Lynn Hammond
I'm autistic, and have heard from many in my community this isn't a good representation of us, so I'm choosing not to read it.
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HOO BOY THIS BOOK. I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this book on my Senior English high school teacher's recommendation and it was everything I never knew I needed. I genuinely compare this book to the Natalee Holloway case meets "Gone Girl", and I really hate when people say books are like "Gone Girl" because it's really difficult to find things that compelling. This book follows Anna, who goes on vacation with her best friend, and her best friend ends up murdered. Through flashbacks and court transcripts, we are sent on a crazy whodunit that left me guessing until the last page.
I spent so much of this book trying to figure out who did it and what happened. It's honestly extremely rare for me to find a book that I can't figure out what is going to happen next, or don't figure out the "twist" fairly early on. This book kept me guessing. Anna is being accused of murdering her best friend and I genuinely could not figure out whether or not she did it up until the very last page. There would be 100 pages where I would be CONVINCED that she did it, and then it would switch to her not doing it. Now I'm not saying that this book is a classic thriller or that it's amazingly written or that it should go down in history forever and ever, but it is a REALLY good beach read, and quick read. Something I recommend highly to people who enjoy twisty turny YA reads.
HOO BOY THIS BOOK. I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this book on my Senior English high school teacher's recommendation and it was everything I never knew I needed. I genuinely compare this book to the Natalee Holloway case meets "Gone Girl", and I really hate when people say books are like "Gone Girl" because it's really difficult to find things that compelling. This book follows Anna, who goes on vacation with her best friend, and her best friend ends up murdered. Through flashbacks and court transcripts, we are sent on a crazy whodunit that left me guessing until the last page.
I spent so much of this book trying to figure out who did it and what happened. It's honestly extremely rare for me to find a book that I can't figure out what is going to happen next, or don't figure out the "twist" fairly early on. This book kept me guessing. Anna is being accused of murdering her best friend and I genuinely could not figure out whether or not she did it up until the very last page. There would be 100 pages where I would be CONVINCED that she did it, and then it would switch to her not doing it. Now I'm not saying that this book is a classic thriller or that it's amazingly written or that it should go down in history forever and ever, but it is a REALLY good beach read, and quick read. Something I recommend highly to people who enjoy twisty turny YA reads.
