Author Visits Detention Center to Share Story

Check out this article about author Walter Dean Myers' (author of Monster & over 80 other books for teens) recent visit to a juvenile detention center in Tennessee. The article reports that Myers told the incarcerated teens that writing improved his confidence and helped keep him out of trouble even though he had a rough time growing up.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/apr/18/author-visits-detention-center/

Summer Reading FUN!

Dear FORCE Readers -

What are YOU reading this summer? Let everyone know what's up in your book on our blog. Share your opinions with other members of the class of '14 by posting a comment to this post.

Remember: your post should be similar to a Readers' Response Journal entry in content & length in order to get full credit for your summer reading assignment.

Happy reading! I can't wait to hear how it is going!

Ms. Gilpin


P.S. Here are some sentence stems to get you started:

I was surprised/angry about/happy about...
I liked the way the author...
I noticed how the author...
I don't get why the author...
If I were the author I would have...
This book reminded me of...
The main character...
The climax of the plot...
The resolution of the characters' problems..
Why did
I rate this book ___ out of ten because...