1. Class #3, November 27 Odds and ends (Hilary, Lois, papers) Christina’s book talk Russell Freedman presentation Nonfiction Murphy and Tillage Books brought in for browsing Break Walter Dean Myers presentation Kate DiCamillo presentation Book discussion Preview of historical fiction

2. Odds and Ends  Hilary Van Dusen  Lois Lowry  Papers Adults vs. children Literature circles http://www.litcircles.org/ http://www.litcircles.org/

3. Christina’s booktalk King of the Mild Frontier by Chris Crutcher

4. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (started in 2001) http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literarya wds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm

5. Russell Freedman presentation Tamra Newlin Jessica Scott Jennifer Timilty

6. Jim Murphy  Grew up in NJ  Worked in publishing  Left to write full time  Has written more than 30 books about American History (mostly nonfiction)  Awards  Lives in NJ with wife, 2 children http://www.jimmurphybooks.com/

7. Jim Murphy resources Jim Murphy’s website Study guide for An American Plague Acceptance speech for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Audio of this speech

8. Leon Walter Tillage & Susan Roth

9. Oral History resources Step-by-step guide: http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/or alHistory.html For teachers: http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/oralhist/ohh ome.html

10. Books for browsing

11. Break

12. Walter Dean Myers presentation Heather Henderson Erin Stiling Annie Reinish

13. Kate DiCamillo presentation Beth Gismondi Franne Rosenthal Christine Chang

14. Book discussion  Discuss both Leon’s Story and An American Plague  What grades would you use them in?  How would you use them? (whole class, literature circles, independent reading…)  How might you set them up/introduce them?  What might you do afterwards to extend the experience?

16. Next week: Historical fiction