1. Class #3, November 28 Papers, Lit circles, etc. Kate DiCamillo presentation More books: science & math Murphy, and Tillage Book discussion More books: the arts Walter Dean Myers presentation Break More books: biographies Gary Paulsen presentation More books: history & social studies More books: heavily illustrated Preview of historical fiction

2. Class #3, November 28 Papers, Lit circles, etc. Kate DiCamillo presentation More books: science & math Murphy, and Tillage Book discussion More books: the arts Walter Dean Myers presentation Break More books: biographies Gary Paulsen presentation More books: history & social studies More books: heavily illustrated Preview of historical fiction

3. Odds and Ends  Papers  Accumulation of books  Adults vs. children  Literature circles http://www.litcircles.org/ http://www.litcircles.org/

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

5. Kate DiCamillo presentation Julia Hayden Rachel Porzig Desiree Villarroel

6. More books: Science and Math

7. 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/

8. 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

9. Leon Walter Tillage & Susan Roth

10. 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

11. 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?

13. More books: The Arts

14. Walter Dean Myers presentation Susan Bogue Myslik Veronica Janowicz Monica Groves

15. Break

16. More books: Biographies

17. Gary Paulsen presentation Casey Cohen Doron Blake

18. More books: History & Social Studies

19. More books: Illustrated books for older children

20. Next week: Historical fiction