Tyrone’s English class is learning that poetry is cooler than it initally sounds. Each classmate learns as much about him/herself as they do about each other.
Archive for April, 2008
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abuse, acceptance, Bronx, diversity, free verse, Grimes, poetry, teen pregnancy on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Misfits by James Howe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acceptance, diversity, elections, Friendship, homeosexualty, howe, misfits, no name calling week, relationships on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bobby, Joe, Addie, and Skezie are all outcasts, misfits. Addie’s crazy idea to have a misfit class president just might work. Their first order of business- no name calling!
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acceptance, Bloor, Death, diversity, family, new school, secrets, soccer on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paul doesn’t fit in with his family since he can’t compare to his football playing brother. After a disaster hits his school, Paul is forced to fit in with the toughest kids in town, his soccer team.
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acceptance, college, Death, Friendship, Halse Anderson, teen pregnancy on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kate’s perfect world is set to be ruined if she doesn’t get in to the only school she applied to. To make life more complicated, her enemy and her annoying brother are moving in.
Ida B by Katherine Hannigan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acceptance, Cancer, exploring, Hannigan, home school, nature on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ida B has plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster and (possibly) save the world. However, when her parents force her to go to regular school, her plans become compromised.
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Creech, free verse, pets, poetry, Walter Dean Myers on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jack writes in his journal finding out he has a true gift for poetry even if boys don’t write poetry.
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1930's, acceptance, Alcatraz, Autisim, Choldenko, family, Friendship, mental disability, problem solving, relationships on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Moose and his family live on Alcatraz in order to find a better life for his autistic sister, even if Moose disagrees.
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, mental disability, self discovery, single parent households, Weeks on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A teenager attempts to understand the things her mentally handicapped mother can not tell her about her past.
Sort of Forever by Sally Warner
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cancer, Death, Friendship, Warner on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two best friends promise to be friends forever. When one of them is diagnosed with cancer, forever seems alot shorter.
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cerebral Palsy, Divorce, Just Murder?, Trueman on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A teenager with Cerebral Palsy tells his story of being stuck in his head with no way to communicate and the knowledge that his father is trying to kill him.
