New books for Indie Reading

All classes-Welcome to Indie Reading. Hope the following"reviews" help you choose a book. If you select one of these new books, let me know how you like it.

Another Faust. Daniel & Dina Nayeri. "On a single night, five children suddenly vanish from their homes in Paris, Glasgow, Rome, and London. Years later, five enigmatic teenagers make an impressive entrance at an axclusiveNew York holiday party with their strange but beautiful governess, Madam Vileroy. Rumor and intrigue followthe Faust childrdnto the elite Manhattan Marlow School, where their very presence brings unexplainable misfortune."

Will Grayson, Will Grayson. John Green & David Levithan. "Onbe cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers cross paths. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different cirlcles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, culminating in heroic turns-of-heart and the most epic musical ever to grace the high school stage. . . "funny, rude, and original . . "

Let It Snow. John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle. "An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adoable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House, and the fate of a teacup pg falls into the hands of a lovesick barista."

It's Kind of a Funny Story. Ned Vizzini. "Ned Vazzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkedly moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happines featuring Craig Gilner, an ambitious New York City teenager dtermined to succeed at life. This means getting into the high school to get into the right college to get the right job. But once Craig aces the his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-ProfessionalHigh School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself."

HowTo Be Bad (A Novel). Lauren Myracle, Sarah Mlynowski, and E. Lockhart. "Vicks is the wild child whose boyfriend has gone suspiciously quiet since he left for college; Mel is the newcomer desparate to be liked; Jsse will do anything to be liked. Each one has her own reason for wanbting to get out of their nowheresville town, even just even for the weekend. So they climb into mom's 'borrowed' station wagon and head south. A ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything."

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. "Nick's just seen the girl who dumped him walk in with a new guy. What else can he do but ask the straznge girl next to him to be his girlfriend for thenext five minutes? What else can Norah do but answer Nick's question by making out with him.

Hope you enjoy Indie Reading.

English for Monday, June16, Day 1

CLASS ONE (FOR TUESDAY): C OMPLETE YOUR BRAINSTORM AND YOUR "ROUGH DRAFT." FINISH READING NIGHT. QUIZ ON PAGES 80-109.

CLASS TWO: COMPLETE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT.

CLASS FOUR; COMPLETE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT.

CLASS FIVE: CORRECTIONS FOR LAST QUIZ DUE. BRAINSTORM FOR YOUR ESSAY.

CLASS SEVEN: FINISH BRAINSTORM. START ROUGH DRAFT.

ALL CLASSES--SOME OF YOU STILL HAVE NOT HANDED IN YOUR JOURNALS. MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO DO SO. I WILL NOT ACCEPT THEM AFTER MONDAY.

English for Friday June 13, Day

CLASS ONE: READ 81-92. CHOOSE YOUR ESSAY TOPIC. fOR MONDAY FINISH READING "NIGHT.' QUIZ ON MONDAY.

CLASS TWO: BRING YOUR ESSAY TO WORK ON.

CLASS FOUR: FINISH GOOGLING TERMS YOU DON'T KNOW. CHOOSE YOUR ESSAY TOPIC (IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO..)

CLASS FIVE: READ 83 -98. WE WILL FINISH NIGHT BY MONDAY. QUIZ ON MONDAY.

CLASS SEVEN: FIRST--FINISH BRAINSTORM. THEN START OUTLINE OR ROUGH DRAFT.

INDIE READING JOURNALS--ANY TURNED IN AFTER 7:30 TOMORROW WILL BE PENALIZED 10 POINTS. ANY TURNED IN ON MONDAY WILL BE PENALIZED 20 POINTS. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY JOURNALS AFTER 2:30 MONDAY.

English for Thursday, June 12, Day 6

CLASS ONE: NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.
CLASS TWO: GO OVER TERMS. GOOGLE AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

CLASS FOUR; SAME AS TWO.

CLASS FIVE; QUIZ ON PAGES 43-80.

CLASS SEVEN: GO THROUGH TERMS YOU SHOULKD KNOW-GGOGLE THOSE YOU DON'T.

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE TOMORROW.

English for Tuesday, June 10, Day 4

CLASS ONE: READ UP TO PAGE 80. QUIZ WEDNESDAY ON 43-80.

CLASS TWO: QUIZ TUESDAY ON 83-109. SELECT YOUR TOPIC. WE WILL WRITE A PROPOSAL IN CLASS.

CLASS FOUR: FINISH READING NIGHT (IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.) QUIZ WEDNESDAY. CHOOSE A TOPIC. WE'LL WRITE A PROPOSAL IN CLASS.

CLASS FIVE. READ 63-80. EXPLAIN WHY THE SOUP TASTED EXCELLENT ON PAGE 60 BUT TASTED LIKE CORPSES ON PAGE 62. QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY.

CLASS SEVEN: QUIZ ON TUESDAY. ALSO CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC. 

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE THIS THURSDAY. THIS IS A COLLECTION DAY. THERE WILL BE NO LETTER WRITING.   

english for Friday, day 3, June 6

CLASS ONE: QUIZ ON PAGES 1-43.

CLASS TWO: FINISH READING "NIGHT." QUIZ MONDAY. ESSAY PROPOSAL MONDAY.

CLASS FOUR: FRIDAY NEXT CHAPTER AND MIL. MONDAY FINISH READING NIGHT.
ESSAY PROPOSAL. TUESDAY NIGHT QUIZ.

CLASS FIVE: QUIZ PAGES 1-43.

CLASS SEVEN: READ CHAPTER SIX AND SELECT M.I.L. DEFEND YOUR CHOICE. FOR MONDAY FINISH READING NIGHT. CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC AND WRITE YOUR PROPOSAL. TUESDAY NIGHT QUIZ.

ALL CLASSES: I WILL COLLECT YOUR JOURNALS THURSDAY, JUNE 12. THIS IS NOT A LETTER WRITING DAY.

English HW for Tuesday, Day 6, June 3

CLASS ONE: READ UP TO PAGE 43. THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON PAGES 1-43 ON THURSDAY.

CLASS TWO: READ UP TO PAGE 80. QUIZ TUES PAGES 1-43. QUIZ THURSDAY 43-80.

CLASS FOUR (FOR WEDNESDAY): READ UP TO PAGE 80. MOST IMPORTANT LINE FOR CHAPTERS 4 AND 5.QUIZ ON THURSDAY PAGERS 43-80.

CLASS FIVE: READ UP TO PAGE 43. CHOOSE THE MOST IMPORTANT LINE IN PAGES 20-43. DEFEND YOUR CHOICE IN A PARAGRAPH OF FIVE -EIGHT SENTENCES. QUIZ ON WED ON PAGES 1-43.

CLASS SEVEN: SAME AS CLASS FOUR.

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE THURSDAY, JUNE 12. TGHIS IS A COLLECTION DAY. THERE WILL BE NO WRITING OF LETTERS.

English June 2, Monday, Day 5

CLASS ONE: READ PAGES 1-20.

CLASS TWO: READ UP TO PAGE 80. QUIZ ON TUESDAY ON PAGES 1-43.

CLASS FOUR: REEAD NEXT TWO CHAPTERS (UP TO PAGE 80). QUIZ MONDAY ON PAGES 1-43.

CLASS FIVE (WE DON'T MEET UNTIL TUESDAY): READ UP TO PAGE 43.

CLASS SEVEN: READ UP TO PAGE 80. SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT LINE FOR CHAPTER 4 AND 5. YOU MUST DEFEND YOUR CHOICES IN A SHORT (5-8 SENTENCES) PARAGRAPH.

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE JUNE 12.   

English, Friday May 30, Day four

CLASS ONE: "ME" WEB

CLASS TWO: READ UP TO PAGE 43. FOR MONDAY READ UP TO PAGE 80.

CLASS FOUR (FOR MONDAY): READ UP TO PAGE 80

CLASS FIVE: READ PAGES 21-32. THEN SELECT THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT LINE OR SENTENCE IN THOSE PAGES. AND FINALLY, DEFEND YOUR CHOICE IN A SHORT PARAGRAPH (5-6 SENTENCES).

CLASS SEVEN: QUIZ ON PAGES 1-43. FOR MONDAY READ PAGES 43-80. SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN CHAPTER 4 AND CHAPTER FIVE. DEFEND YOUR CHOICES IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.

ZALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS WILL BE COLLECTED ON JUNE 12TH.

English for Thursday, Day 3, May 29

CLASS ONE: QUIZ BOOKS 12-24 OF THE ODYSSEY. BRING YOUR TEXTS.

CLASS TWO: READ UP TO PAGE 20. SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN THOSE PAGES AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE THEM.

CLASS FOUR: READ PAGES 21-43. SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT  SENTENCE AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE THE SENTENCE YOU DID.

CLASS FIVE: READ PAGES 11-20. PICK OIUT THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE WHAT YOU DID.

CLASS SEVEN: READ PAGES 21-43. CREATE YOUR IDENTITY WEB. QUIZ ON FRIDAY, PAGES 1-43.

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS WILL BE COLLECTED JUNE 12. THERE WILL BE NO LETTER WRITING THAT DAY.