Tag: goodreads

  • 2023 Recommendations

    I know sometimes it’s hard to figure out what to buy and put together a list for classroom device purchases. That being said, I have purchased for myself or my classroom all the items on this list and recommend them. Each has a brief description next to it and some of the affiliate links Soundcore…

  • My Summer Reading List part 1

    Every summer, I plan on reading at least one book for fun, one book for work, and one book for leadership or technology. My first book for the summer is Outcasts United by Warren St. John. I picked it up in the nonfiction section at McKay’s Used Books back in April and haven’t had a…

  • Soph. English Opening Week

    Sophomore English Week One Class Syllabus : Google Doc WordPress: Developing your Blog Google Search Education Day One: Search Terms and Google Day Two: How Searches Work Day Three: Credible Resources and Narrowing Searches Day Four: Creating an Annotated Bibliography

  • Book Review: Science Fiction : A Historic Anthology

    Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology by Eric S. Rabkin My rating: 4 of 5 stars By far, the best collection on the market before the millennials appeared on the shelves. If you are looking for a good starter reader begin here and then move into either Bradbury, Heinlein, or Asimov next. They are all in…

  • Book Review: The Hobbit

    The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first read this novel in March of 1991. I had to do a book report about a novel I had never read. On a whim, I asked the Librarian, at the County Branch near our house, what was good…

  • Book Review: Nectar in a Sieve

    Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best readings on colonial India. Told from the POV of a village woman from the day of her marriage until late in her life. Students seem to really enjoy the straight forward and simple narrative. I first read this…