Re: MS: Contemporary Novels for 8th grade

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

If the some of the students have already heard the book as a
read-aloud, how does this affect the use of a book at a higher level?
I assume that the students will be reading the book themselves, not
sitting and listening.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On  5 Mar 99 at 16:14, Jo Anne Collins wrote:

> I was so excited to read the comments written about HOLES and shared them with
> our 8th grade teachers.  We got the book and loved it!!!  Then it turns out
> the 6th grade teachers had already used the book as a read-aloud.
>
> What contemporary novels are you using as class sets for eighth graders?
>
> How do you handle books that are good for a certain grade level and keep them
> from  being used by another grade level in your building/district?  Any
> organizational structure that you might suggest?
>
> TIA!!!
>
> Jo Anne Collins, Media Specialist
> Van Buren Middle School
> Kettering OH
> jocollins@aol.com
>
>

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