2 out of 3...

Last night I finished book two!  It is so wonderful to finish a book, but it is even better when you know that the story is not over.  This morning I will begin reading book three, Strike.  I hope that you all have been enjoying this unit.  I really like slowing down and wallowing in a a good book.  I always learn from he author and from the characters that I meet along the way.  Slow down.  Enjoy the present.  Read carefully. Enjoy!

A New Trilogy...

I'm so excited to being a new trilogy!  We are just beginning our Independent Reading unit with My Grade 9 class.  I am excited to read along with each of them and to learn new strategies to help guide my reading, and seeping my understanding of what it is that I am reading.  The series that I am undertaking during this unit is written by D.J. MacHale and begins with a book called Sylo. After 38 pages I am already hooked and am excited to keep reading more.  I don't want to give the storyline away but the books takes place up in Maine and the central character is a high school freshmen named Tucker.  So far a boy has tragically died during a Friday night football game, a mysterious flying object has blown up off the coast, and Ticket and his best friend are currently in the backseat of a police jeep trying to explain they had nothing to do with it.  Clearly, this is my kind of story:)  Enjoy reading friends!!