Dear Readers,
As an avid reader, I often find myself finishing a great book or an interesting article, and desperately wanting to share my thoughts with someone. When I lived in Charleston, I was lucky enough to have a group of friends who shared a passion for reading, so we formed a book club. While I am not in the same city as my book club anymore, I still reach out to my friends and family in Nashville, to discuss my questions and opinions about literature.
As a classroom of learners, we have created a community geared toward having a teachable spirit, so we may grow to become people of knowledge, wisdom, and ultimately character. One way we do this is by reading and forming ideas and connections that begin to shape us. In order to support this work, this blog will serve as a way to discuss various things when we are not in the class. Essentially, the blog will become a virtual classroom.
For example, I might post about a response about Thank You, Mr. Falker by explaining my connection to the character, Trish. I might say how much I relate to her overcoming an obstacle with the help of a teacher and how motivated I was to find out the author was the one who overcame her learning hurdle and became a published author. You will have the same chance to post your reactions, but also, to respond to what someone else might say. In this way, our posts become a conversation when we are away from the classroom.
As we begin this online blogging adventure, I challenge you to bring your working minds to the keyboard and let me know your thoughts and feelings about literature. We have so much to discover ...
So, join the community! Come on in, pull up to a computer, let me know your thoughts about literature and our blogging opportunity. I believe the blog will be a wonderful opportunity for our class to communicate in a unique way.
Write about the following in your comment below:
Literature is an important part of my life because I enjoy getting lost in a story and having friends recommend books to me. Also, I love talking about the books I have read. I am interested in learning more about the blog and how we will use it in class.How is literature a part of your life?
As I mentioned, I made a connection with Trish from Thank You, Mr. Falker. Who is a character that you have made a strong connection with and why?
Literature is part of my life because I speak and talk.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection to a kid named Jim from Crime Biters because he loves his and I love my dog.
I love to read with partners because it is fun to talk about the story with other people. I have made a connection with Harry Potter because he loves adventures. I do too.
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literature is a part of my life because I love to read fantasy stories.
DeleteI made a connection with trish because I used to get stressed when I could not read.
1 literature is part of my life. I love to cerl up in a blanket on a snowy afternoon and read a good book.
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wow! I'm very empressed of what you said online! I can't wait till we can start. I think i'm going to do my book club book. Can't wait to start!
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a part of my life because my friends and I will talk to each other about what books we are reading, and how we enjoy them. Also literature is a part of my life because our LC's can talk to all of us about our books. I have made a strong connection with Jonah from the books whatever after, because he is always up for adventure, and so am I.
ReplyDelete1. A character that I have a connection with is Matilda because she loves to read and I love to read book.
ReplyDelete2. Literature is important to me because you get to make connections and talk to an LC.
Literature is a part of life because it takes you places you would never go, meet people you would never meet, and shows you ideas and actions you could never think of. It is your own way to travel, see, and look. You can slow down and speed up, rewind to a favorite part. It is reading.
ReplyDeleteI have made a connection with Amy. (Thirty Nine Clues.) My connection with her is she is brave in the moment, but waiting gets her.
Literature is important because, I can get book recommendations from my LC.
ReplyDeleteA character that I made a strong connection with is the grand high witch because I like to be mean to my brothers sometimes and, the grand high witch likes to be mean to children.
Literature is a part of my life because I meet new characters, learn about their life, and become friends with them. One of the characters I have a connection with is Laura from the Little House series. My life isn't like hers, but if it was I would probably handle it like she did.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a part of my life because my parents read to me every night, and I like to tell stories. One connection I made was with Trisha's family, my family think's reading is really important, and so does Trisha's family.
ReplyDeleteI spend almost all of my time reading literature. I love it! When you are reading, you can go anywhere in the world, from Paris, France to London England. I can learn about different cultures, famous people, and people who are nothing out of the ordinary. You can even board a time machine and go to Ancient Egypt, right after you've just been on an adventure to future Japan. I do not enjoy writing quite as much, but I enjoy being able to enjoy what I wrote afterwards. This is why I love literature.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with Harry Potter,and that is that he is in Gryffindor, and when I took the test I was in Gryffindor. Literature is an important part of my life because when I get bored I might read a book, and get lost in it, and never stop reading.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is an important part of my life because my friends get to recommend books to me and I get to do the same to them too. I also like when we pick out our book club books. Hattie and Annie are awesome colleagues and I can't wait to blog with them too.
ReplyDeleteI have a strong connection with Abline because she loves and cares for her stuffed animals. I also love and take care of my stuffed animals. She also loves when her grandmother, Pellegrina tells her stories. I love love love when my grandmother tells me very detailed stories with lots and lots and characters and mythical creatures. Abline is my favorite character and, I am glad that we have so many things in common.
Love,
Kiley
Literature is apart of my life because I love to read. I make a connection with Ida B, she always is never board,and I am never board.
ReplyDeleteliterature is a big part of my life because I can get drawn in so easily by a book.
ReplyDeleteIn a book called Hatchet, Brian is a very creative person. I can relate to this because I try to be as creative as possible.
Literature is apart of my life because a love to read! I have made a connection with Greg, all I want to do in the summer is to play video games and sleep.
ReplyDeleteSometimes literature can relate to my life because something that happened to the character could of happened to me or something in the book can relate to my life. I also relate to literature because I love to write stories and go to book stores and other things like that.
ReplyDeleteI have made a strong connection with the character, Prue, in the book WILDWOOD because I always try to make sure that my little sisters are safe and sound!
Literature is part of my life because I read everyday and everynight. My connection is with Jack from Magic Tree House because Jack is smart and I am smart
ReplyDelete*literature is apart of my life because I can talk to my friends about the book that I am reading
ReplyDelete*Ida B is a girl in my book and she is a little mean because she says she hates school and she my her classmates brother cry
1. Literature is an important part of my life because I love reading funny books.
ReplyDelete2. I made a connection with Nate from Big Nate because he is messy and so am I.
I enjoy literature because I love to read and talk about what I'm reading with other people.
ReplyDeleteI have connection with Matilda. My parents aren't mean, but I love to read!
Literature is a part of my life because I like to snuggle up in my bed, and read a book until I fall asleep.
ReplyDeleteA strong connection I have with Doctor Doolittle is that I love animals.
Literature is a part of my life, when I am reading. I love to recommend books to people and then they recommend them to me, and we explain after we both read the same book.
ReplyDeleteI feel that Nora from The Report Card and I both have a strong relationship because I feel like I can relate with her.
Literature is a part of my life because I love to talk with my LC. Also a strong connection is in Tails of Emily Windsnap Emily always talks with her mom and I always talk with my mom
ReplyDeleteI like to write funny stories That is the literacy life. I have a strong connection with billy he like animals.
ReplyDeleteI have a conectoin with Abby (Whatever After) because she is willing to take big chances and has a wide imagination and like me I take big chances for example once I jumped over a big river and the part I jumped over was basicly qiuck sand . I also have a big imagination.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is apart of my live because I have big feelings , and when I have big feelings I can really know how something or someone is feeling. One other thing that is apart of me in literature is how I get lost in the story. That can help me in compretchen . These are how literature is apart of me.
ReplyDeleteI also LOVE getting lost in a book! I think I share a connection with Prue McKeel from the Wildwoon seires because she has a yonger brother. I have a yonger sister that I love, but can sometimes be so annoying in the most important times.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a part of my life because I like to read and write about animals.
ReplyDeleteMy connection is that Mr. Popper loves his penguins, and I love penguins too.
Literature is a part of my life because two years a go I had a book club with girl scouts,and we talked about how the character related to us.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with Ida B because she is trying to make a plan to be mean to everyone. I also have some days that I want to make a plan to be mean to everyone.
Literature is a good part of my life because I love to read and understand the book I am reading. I also share my feeling about reading to. The book I am reading at the time is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School. I can make a connection that Greg finds out that everything doesn't go your way, and I also learnd that lesson.
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