This month Read 180 will be examining identities, solving crimes and using those reading strategies.
Our 8th grade has been busy learning all about the forensic sciences in our Workshop 4: Crime Lab Science. Check out the links below to test your detective skills.
http://sciencespot.net
Read 180 6th graders are learning about identities and how we perceive ourselves in
Workshop 3 Identity Crisis. One of the authors in this workshop is Shirley Jackson check out her wikipedia entry and poems by Emily Dickinson, who is also a poet who's poem,"I'm Nobody, Who are you" are included in this workshop.
Shirley Jackson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Jackson
Emily Dickinson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/155
Tip for reading this month: Try visualizing what you are reading. Draw out a few scenes as you see them in your head. This will help you see what is going on in your book or short story.
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