oh, it was a week to be a reader…

“mockingbird” – the last (yeah!) BOB for me in the high school series – sad – not sure what it’s doing in a competition – as i’ve been with most of the books – the author sort of ficitionalizes a tale from her life experiences – i sort of go back to my philosophy which is that being young doesn’t give you a blank check or immunity from tragedies – or from having things happen to you when you drink – or hang out with people who drink – or hang out with people who don’t really care about you (personally, it was the boyfriend of the girl’s roommate that bothered me – if you see someone leave with a guy and she’s drunk, oh, i dunno, WHY DON’T YOU ACT??? grr…)

“unsinkable” – better book – easier read – than the first – a biography about a 16-year-old who tries to go around the world unassisted – in a boat – story of faith – story of courage – story of young people doing awesome things – attempting great things – instead of just being in school (so yes, the lesson here is grab a boat and get out of my class:)

“behind the dream” by clarence jones – a MLK buddy – probably the last living one – jones was Dr. King’s lawyer – helped him on speeches – and he talked about the background behind “i have a dream” – great read – absorbing – will try to use parts of it when we look at the speech – whenever that is and with whatever grade that speech is found (it’s in one of the lit books)

up to romans 10 in the new testament – read about US foreign policy that i might use with 8th grade in the third nine weeks short response – read the history channel’s magazine and found a story of how the South didn’t have food – and so it lost the civil war – may your thanksgiving be happier:)

(and no, sixth grade, if you’ve read this far: you don’t have to blog this week… 🙂

mafeld