Please don’t miss Zetta Elliott on BlogTalk radio beginning at 5 pm http://www.blogtalkradio.com/duewafraziershow Call in# (646) 716-9474 Yes, it’s that time of year again! You may not be retuning to school in any form or fashion, but after haven’t spent so much of your life there, it’s quite possible that like Ernessa at 32 Candles,… Read More SundayMorningReads
title: Black Mamba Boy (long listed for the Orange Prize for fiction 2010) author: Nadifa Mohamed publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux; August, 2010 Main character: Jama To me, the Middle East is a true crossroad of the world and this really comes to light in Black Mamba Boy. In the book, it seems Jama’s quest… Read More book review: Black Mamba Boy
title: Chameleon author: Charles R. Smith (author interview) publisher: Candlewick Press, 2008 main character: Shawn Christopher Williams I couldn’t have picked up a better book to read as my summer winds down to lasting only a matter of hours. Shawn is in his summer before high school and Smith uses Shawn’s keen awareness to the… Read More book review: Chameleon
Between just getting an iPhone and iTouches becoming more available to schools in my district, I’ve been playing around with apps. I think most apps evolve from web based services and many are developed specifically for classroom use. I’ve been scouring several sources to find the utlimate apps to recommend here. I hope to stimulate… Read More There’s an app for that!
book review: Does my head look big in this? author: Randa Abdel-Fattah publisher: Scholastic, 2008 Main character: Amal Mohamed Nasrullah Abdel-Hakim Amal is a high school student in Australia. Things are going fairly well for her as she is doing good in school, has close friends, has a crush on a boy who is friendly… Read More book review: Does my head look big in this?
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