tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post6692025106711502872..comments2023-10-16T05:43:08.608-05:00Comments on Innovative Connections: Your Opinion of Summer Reading Novels?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-68226092469390590092012-06-18T15:19:31.827-05:002012-06-18T15:19:31.827-05:00Well thank you for doing the link up, Christina! I...Well thank you for doing the link up, Christina! I enjoyed participating! I've yet to start The Taker. Today seems a good day to start!<br />Be well, Ann MarieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-34297365198100480342012-06-18T06:42:19.151-05:002012-06-18T06:42:19.151-05:00Thanks for linking up! I am WAY intrigued by the ...Thanks for linking up! I am WAY intrigued by the cover of "The Taker" and will be looking that up on my Nook. The cover art is similar to a GREAT book I just finished called "Daughter of Smoke and Bone".<br /><br />:)<br />Christina<br /><a href="http://www.bainbridgeclass.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Mrs. Bainbridge's Blog</a>Christina Bainbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16706097644672521776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-72488022188065745412012-06-10T21:48:36.734-05:002012-06-10T21:48:36.734-05:00Thanks so much for your input. Hope you like the b...Thanks so much for your input. Hope you like the books you've added to your list. You may get to them before me!! Ha...<br />Talk later!<br />Ann MarieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-71847524632834518252012-06-10T13:46:08.856-05:002012-06-10T13:46:08.856-05:00I agree that the required reading is one way to de...I agree that the required reading is one way to determine who has 'it' to begin in a Pre-AP course or a AP course. I have only read Catching Fire in that list. Honestly, historical fiction is not my favorite genre. We never had required reading when I was in junior and high school. My current school does not require it either, but I don't think it is asking to much to read ONE (or two) books over the summer.<br /><br />I have had an English teacher ruin reading for me (AP English in 12th grade) because it was her interpretation and thoughts and no one else's that mattered. We didn't really discuss the books so much as discuss her viewpoints. She didn't ruin the book; just the experience in class. However, that was one English teacher out of 6 (from 7th to 12th grade). In ninth grade we read Great Expectations and I hated that book, but the teacher made our discussions and projects interesting. <br /><br />I am adding the Personal Demons trilogy to my summer reading list. They really need to work on the cover though because I don't think the people on the cover look like they are in high school.<br /><br />Great post!<br /><br />Jana<br /><a href="http://readingandthinkingoutloud.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Thinking Out Loud</a>Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159980763514025413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-70766942673781230712012-06-10T09:50:56.920-05:002012-06-10T09:50:56.920-05:00Let me know what you end up reading! :) Glad I was...Let me know what you end up reading! :) Glad I was able to throw some titles out there. Have a great Sunday!!! Thanks!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-26106387813953784602012-06-10T09:30:14.164-05:002012-06-10T09:30:14.164-05:00Oh, some new great titles for me to read. Thanks ...Oh, some new great titles for me to read. Thanks so much. I like how in touch you are with the age of students you teach and that you can understand their perspective so well. CATCHING FIRE is a great read, I agree. Thanks for suggestions, I am always looking for great titles! CarolynJams and Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04755176794757496507noreply@blogger.com