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  • Pre-service teachers used blogs to discuss award-winning Newbery books using reading roles creativiely adapted from Harvey Daniel's 'Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-centered Classroom'. Contact Anne Davis at adavis@gsu.edu if you have questions.


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    These blogs were moved from Manila blogs to TypePad blogs. The author shows up on each post as Anne Davis as a result of the transfer. The original posts were made by students and the instructors Lynne Jordan & Anne Davis. The initials on the post title signify who did the actual blogging of the post.

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Cletus - Chapter 11- BW

I loved how the character Cletus finally gets acknowledged as an important character and not just an annoyance to Summer. In chapter 11, the story shows Cletus' character as someone who helps bring Summer and Ob closer to understanding their grief over May. The character Cletus helps Ob and Summer by being there for them. In the beginning of the story, Cletus was such an annoyance to Summer. By the end of the story, I think she was glad he was there. I think this character would help students empathize with the "odd" student better. I think this story would be a great opportunity to talk to students about our differences. This character is easily relatable to students.