Miraculous Projects

We finished The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane this week. What a great ending. Here are a few of the Edward-inspired projects sent in by my talented students this month! You can click on the images for a closer look.

"Edward Tulane Wordle" By Jarissa

 "Edward Waiting for Abilene" By Dustyn

 

"Edward's Journey" by Caleb 

 "Abilene & Edward" By Nhi

Ah, and so...

Edward Tulane

In English Foundations, we are reading one of my favorite books, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. If you haven't read it, it's a must read!

In honor of Edward, answer the question below in VoiceThread or by leaving a comment on this post.

Happy Reading!

Wordles: A Novel Idea

The students in my Literary Analysis classes created the following Wordles to go along with our first semester novel studies.  For a larger view, click on the image.

To Kill a Mockingbird Wordle, by Austin

The Outsiders Wordle, by Billy

Lord of the Flies Wordle, by Tavin

The Outsiders Wordle, by Thomas

To Kill a Mockingbird Wordle, by Bailey

The Outsiders Wordle, by Andrew

To Kill a Mockingbird Wordle, by Mrs. Sol

(I couldn't resist)

The Wordle below was created by one of my Journalism students! Thanks Eilis!

Journalism, by Eilis

Cool, right? To create your own word cloud, visit www.wordle.net.

Nice job students!

Bookworms Unite!

Hey students!

This week, we are going to share our favorite books. When you reply, please remember to type the complete title and author, so other students can find a copy of the book. I will use all of the recommendations in this post to create a new Bookworm list on the page to the right.

What book or books would you recommend to someone your age?

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