Dear incoming 8th graders, this is what you SHOULD be reading this summer. For the rest of my friends and family, I recommend these books if you are looking for something easy and interesting to read:
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix - about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes
The Time Travelers by Linda Buckley-Archer - juxtaposition of London in two time periods
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Hound of the Baskervilles
I am reading The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the summer reading books for my incoming 8th graders, so I need to be one step (at least) ahead of the kids! I really like it. It took me two pages to realize that much of the dialogue between Watson and Sherlock Holmes is full of sarcasm, so now I am enjoying it. Hopefully, my students can get past the first few pages!!
Tomorrow I start my two week behind-the-wheel bus driving training. All coaches have to have their commercial driver license to drive the teams to games, and apparently my plea to not have to drive was ignored. :( The other coaches say it's no big deal, but I don't see how that's possible! Any helpful or encouraging words????
Tomorrow I start my two week behind-the-wheel bus driving training. All coaches have to have their commercial driver license to drive the teams to games, and apparently my plea to not have to drive was ignored. :( The other coaches say it's no big deal, but I don't see how that's possible! Any helpful or encouraging words????
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