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 like writing short stories.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with Nate from Big Nate. My connection is that we both play sports. Nate is a pitcher, and I am also a pitcher.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a big part of my life because I will be reading and writing my whole life! I made a connection with Ava from "Best friend next door" because when I moved I had no friends on my street and then my neighbor became my best friend!
ReplyDeleteReading\Literature is a part in my life because I can read about other people or have a good story and read it. I can learn from books and I can also Read in my time. The more books I read the smarter I get.
ReplyDeleteA characterI can connnect with is the girl from smile. She has annyoing brothers and sisters. They fight a lot but still love each other.
Literature is a important part of my life because I love to go away into a book. I also love it when I get lost in a book. A character I can connect with is Ada because she never feels at home until she feels loved.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a part of my life because I like writing stories.
ReplyDeleteI think that I have a connection with Rafe katchadorian from Middle School the Worst Years of my life because we both like to draw.
ReplyDeleteI've made a strong connection with Harry potter because I Know what it's like to live without a parent.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is an important part in my life because I love getting lost in a book and reading the book as many times as I can.
ReplyDeleteliterature is a part of my life because I love to read different books. Nate from "Big Nate" is like me because he has friends who look out for him. I have friends who look out for me also.
ReplyDeleteI like literature because I like reading.I have a connection with A.J from, My Weird School.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a part of my life because i like finding the right book for me. Ida B is a character that I have made a connection because she has changed a lot from the beginning to the end. I have changed from third grade to fourth grade.
ReplyDelete1. Literature is a part of my life because it gives me a time to just be alone with a book and can teach you new things. 2. I connected to the character Brian in the book Hatchet because he likes the outdoors like me, he's rugged, and he's smart.
ReplyDeleteIn Harriet the spy Harriet likes to write her notebook,and she also likes to spy on people. My connection is, I like to write in my notebook about what is going on. I also like to spy for fun sometimes. Literature means a lot to me because it helps me connect to a book, and if my literature colleague has the same connection as me than we have something in common.
ReplyDelete1. Literature is a big part of my life because I really like reading because it can take you to places that you want to go.
ReplyDelete2.I have a connections with Ramona from Ramona's World by Beverly Cleary, and they are #1 she is the same age as me. #2 she is making friends with a new girl at school #3 she has a boy that is her friend.
Literature is a part of my life because I like to read.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with Rafe from Middle School Worst Years Of My Life. He likes to draw, and I like to draw and imagine things.
ReplyDeleteLiteracy is a good part of life, because it help you understand books better by talking to other people.
I have made a strong connection with the teenage girl from Ghosts because I know what it feels like to have a sister that has to go to the hospital a lot.
ReplyDelete1:How is literature a part of your life? Literature is apart of my life because of my older sister, Corinne. Corinne has been writing college essays and been in a creative writing class. I have been reading the stories and essays. I feel intrigued and like I'm in the story. I want my stories to be like that and someone have that feeling reading my story.
ReplyDelete2: Who is a character that you have made a strong connection with and why? I connect to Mibs in Savvy, because once she has an idea it can't stop it won't stop. I remember Corinne and I wanted to plan my Mom a one year cancer cake celebration. Corinne and I then planed our Mom a celebration. Corinne picked me up that day after school, and we went to puffy muffin to pick up the cake. Our Mom was surprised when we dressed up in pink and brought her the cake.
A character that I have strong connections with is raph. He likes to drall. Literature is part of my life because I like to read a lot
ReplyDelete1. Literature is a pretty big part of my life because I like reading, and it will come in handy
ReplyDelete2. I have a strong connection with Hermione Granger because she likes reading and I do to.
I literature a lot because I love writing stories and reading books, and making connections.
ReplyDeleteI have made a connection with Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Alice in the Looking Glass. I made connections like, we both love adventure, and we both love having friends.
ReplyDelete1.Literature is a big part is my life because I love reading and it makes me feel great.
ReplyDelete2.I have a strong connection with my character because Nora is a gymnast and she is very smart. I want to be like Nora because she is smart and funny.
Literature is an important part of my life because all of my family likes to read, and so do I. A character I have made a strong connection with is Matilda because she likes to read and so do I.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a part of my life because I like typing stories. I made a connection with Greg. He has a younger brother.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is important to me because it helps me understand things.I have a connection because I am doing a book club.
ReplyDeleteLiterature is a huge part of our lives and it changes a lot of things like reading it will come in handy
ReplyDeleteI have a strong connection with Nora because she is strong, brave and passionate person
1 Literature is a big part of reading and I'm a big reader so it will come in handy.
ReplyDelete2 I have made a strong connection with Greg from Diary Of A Wimpy Kid I know what it feels like.
Literature is part of my life because I love to read and write short stories.
ReplyDeleteI have a strong connection with Lea Clark from Lea Clark (american girl book). She loves to be out side save her family and be with the animals.
I like literature because you can be creative. For instance, in writing, you can do whatever you want. You make the story your own way. I like reading because it helps me get better with writing. For example, I like to use writing strategies that famous authors around the world use. I love literature.
ReplyDelete1. literature is is part of my life because I love to get into a good book read it a lot. 2. I make a connection with Jamie Grimm from I Funny because we both like to draw.
ReplyDelete1. Literature is a part of my life because reading is something that I will do my hole life.
ReplyDelete2. I have a strong connection with Hermione Granger because she like learning a lot and I like learning a lot.
1. How is literature a part of my life? Well literature is a part of my life when I read books to my siblings, or a read a book I like so much over and over again before bed, and I also love writing stories.
ReplyDelete2. Who is a character I have made a strong connection with? From the book The Tail of Emily Windsnap, I really connected with Emily. We both have a big imagination, we both have had something in our lives that seemed unreal, that other people didn't believe happened, and we both had a strong friend who we could not really stay in touch with.
I like to read books like Amulet and Flora Ulsese and geting recomands from other people.
ReplyDelete1. My mom and dad love to read when we are home, at school I love to read.
ReplyDelete2. My guy is Chris Grabenstien who illistrated I funny, I funnier,and I funniest, he also wrote Mr. Lemoncello's Library.
1.Literature is a big part of my life because I like getting in the reading zone and writing action filled stories.
ReplyDelete2.I have a strong connection with Matilda because she likes to read a lot and I like to read a lot.
I like read because whenever I find a good book I'm in the zone.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with Danny because I like to fix things.