Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Book choice vote: Missing May or Emma and the Civil Warrior?
For our next homeroom reading novel, would you rather read:
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant or Emma and the Civil Warrior by Candy Dahl?
Missing May blurb "This wonderful book revolves around a few delightfully named characters: Summer, Uncle Ob, Aunt May and Cletus Underwood. After being passed among relatives, Summer joins her aunt and uncle and marvels at the couple's deep love for one another. But after Aunt May dies, Summer and Uncle Ob are brought together in their struggles to come to terms with the death. Cletus, a neighbor boy, comes along to help provide an answer. This simple and sweet story, which won the Newbery Medal in 1993, is injected with just the right touches of humor and mysticism."
Emma and the Civil Warrior blurb "This middle-grade, historical novel tells the little-known story of the seventeen days following the signing of the Appomattox Treaty. Emma Graham, 12, refuses to believe in the collapse of the Confederacy and actively defies the Union Army until "Lee's men" begin to arrive home from years of fighing. Her effort to accept the South's defeat pales beside more personal struggles. Lt. George Round, the Union Army's signal messenger, repeatedly befriends the Graham family, contradicting Emma's belief in "demon Yankees." And the father who returns to Emma is a different man from the precious image Emma has held in her heart for more than three years. Can Emma ever accept the truth of her situation and be happy again?"
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant or Emma and the Civil Warrior by Candy Dahl?
Missing May blurb "This wonderful book revolves around a few delightfully named characters: Summer, Uncle Ob, Aunt May and Cletus Underwood. After being passed among relatives, Summer joins her aunt and uncle and marvels at the couple's deep love for one another. But after Aunt May dies, Summer and Uncle Ob are brought together in their struggles to come to terms with the death. Cletus, a neighbor boy, comes along to help provide an answer. This simple and sweet story, which won the Newbery Medal in 1993, is injected with just the right touches of humor and mysticism."
Emma and the Civil Warrior blurb "This middle-grade, historical novel tells the little-known story of the seventeen days following the signing of the Appomattox Treaty. Emma Graham, 12, refuses to believe in the collapse of the Confederacy and actively defies the Union Army until "Lee's men" begin to arrive home from years of fighing. Her effort to accept the South's defeat pales beside more personal struggles. Lt. George Round, the Union Army's signal messenger, repeatedly befriends the Graham family, contradicting Emma's belief in "demon Yankees." And the father who returns to Emma is a different man from the precious image Emma has held in her heart for more than three years. Can Emma ever accept the truth of her situation and be happy again?"
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
"I Have a Dream..."
Fourth Grade studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his accomplishments during January. After watching his famous "I have a dream..." speech they wrote their own version of how they would change the world.
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