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Middle School Monday: Let’s Crossover Some More
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about The Crossover by Kwame Alexander and made a case for why it should be used in every middle school language arts classroom in the country. [Not even hyperbole! But, speaking of hyperbole, there is so much beautiful and accessible figurative language in The Crossover. You know. As […]
Friday Finds: October 7, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: TRIGGER WARNING – This Post is About Suicide and Why We Shouldn’t Joke About It Middle School Monday: Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick (Book Review) ICYMI: Teens as Caregivers in SLJ for #MHYALit Book Review: When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore #MHYALit: Speak Up! A guest […]
Middle School Monday: Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick (Book Review)
From the publisher: Claire’s life is a joke . . . but she’s not laughing. While her friends seem to be leaping forward, she’s dancing in the same place. The mean girls at school are living up to their mean name, and there’s a boy, Ryder, who’s just as bad, if not worse. And at […]
Friday Finds: September 30, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Where’d you go, VOYA? Middle School Monday: T-Shirt Representation Teen MakerSpace Outreach at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Day 1 – Getting Organized Book Review: Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl Building Our Portable Photo Booth – Outreach at The Public […]
Middle School Monday: T-Shirt Representation
You may not have been expecting to open a Middle School Monday blog post and read about t-shirts, yet here we are. I love casual dress days and seeing both our students and my fellow teachers displaying their interests and personalities. Seeing a math teacher and YA enthusiast wearing a shirt emblazoned with Welcome to […]
Friday Finds: September 23, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Faith Shaming and Mental Illness, Reflecting on Faith and Mental Illness for the #MHYALit Project Middle School Monday: Classroom Crossover Book Review: The Forgetting Machine by Pete Hautman Rural Poverty and THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES by Mindy McGinnis Book Review: Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity […]
Middle School Monday: Classroom Crossover
We’ve all seen the same books used over and over in some Language Arts classrooms. Many* of them (*most of them) feature white characters and/or are written by white authors. All of the arguments we know and make for authentic representation in books on our shelves are just as important for the books that are […]
Friday Finds: September 16, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Please Don’t Ask Me How My Summer (or My Childhood) Was! A reflection on assignments and writing prompts Middle School Monday: Advocating in Pictures Book Review: Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard TPIB: Photo Shrink Jewelry Charms Video Games Weekly: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Kicky’s Post It Note […]
Middle School Monday: Advocating in Pictures
I’m just going to say it: librarians are predisposed to be good at infographics. [Just bear with me through any crazy generalizations.] We’re wired to be good at information. Putting that information into an appealing, visual package—using a favorite digital tool—well, that should be simple, right? Well, in a way. We have tons of […]
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