Oh that mountain of TBR: To Be Read books, the books we put off all year and then try to binge over the short summer weeks. Perhaps if I capture my list on this blog, it’ll somehow self-curate my reading and curriculum planning time.
Maybe? Sure. Sure it will.
Ant Books
These are my professional books on my list:
Jim Burke: The English Teacher’s Companion – I have a marked up copy, and realized it’s time to implement some of those highlighted gems.
Jennifer Fletcher: Teaching Arguments
I’ve been thumbing through this, and its heavy emphasis on traditional rhetoric seem counter-intuitively refreshing.
Jim Burke and Barry Gilmore: Academic Moves for College and Career Readiness, Grades 6-12: 15 Must-Have Skills Every Student Needs to Achieve
This tome is the latest shared reading from my district. Since I trust Jim Burke I’m looking forward to it. I tried to get my team to read Burke’s The Common Core Companion, (which I have) but alas, it didn’t make it to our PLC agendas. Onward!
Grasshopper Books
The only ‘must reads’ for the summer are Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov because my older son told me to, and All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr because my book club told me to.
Young Adult books to read and refresh my classroom library: (links to lists)
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/06/88523/young-adult-books#slide
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-counter-cultural-high-school-summer-reading-list-1432938632
And Book Riot is pretty fun, too.
What’s on your reading list this summer, your ant book, and your grasshopper book?
