An Intriguing Sample of Newbery Postings

The View from Saturday by  EL Konigsburg

An interesting discussion  follows after Pamela makes an excellent connection post called Competition.  The comments really make you think.  How do you feel about competition?  Good or bad???? Share your thoughts.

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Joan's discussion director post entitled What You Value is good.  She moves on to think about her role and others as an encourager to students. I bet many of you out there could give some encouraging thoughts to these teachers-to-be.

Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

Brenda's passage master post named Summer in Wonderland points out a passage she loves. She's not the only one who liked this passage.  See the comments and let us hear yours!

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Sunni asks What is a Pillory? on her Word Wizard post. She notes 

"I had a suprisingly, hard time coming up with a good sentence using pillory.Can you think of any other good sentences using this word?"

Can you help her out by commenting and giving a good sentence with the word pillory?

The Giver by Lois Lowry 

Michelle has a good discussion director post called Age where she wonders about everyone turing the same age in December.  She asks, "How would we suffer from it?  Got any thoughts for this group?

I'll post more another time from some of the other books.  It's interesting to note the roles that the students use more - discussion director, passage master, and connectors initially have been used the most.  Wonder if they find those easier or what?

Comments from those reading this would be wonderful so join their EduBlog and jump into the book discussion or simply comment on what they are doing.  It's fun!