[MOSAIC] booktalk opportunity

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I am forwarding this from Susan Nixon Susan at desertskyone.com .  Please
contact Susan directly if you are interested.
Ginger
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Nixon" <Susan at desertskyone.com>
To: <read.think at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 5:37 PM
Subject: Last Call for participants
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I've set up a special e-mail list on Yahoo for doing bookraps.
January 9, I'm going to start a book rap on The Tale of Despereaux,
by Kate DiCamillo.  It is not easily finished in a week or two -
there's too much to savor, and it's too long.  I read it to my second
grade class with great results, and I've known people as old as 80 to
enjoy the book, so I think we can all do this together.

Responsiblities of participating classrooms are simple.

1)  Read the book, of course!   I read one chapter a day after lunch,
and it took us a while.

2) Each week, I will send a discussion topic.  Each class must
discuss this topic and come up with a list of ideas/answers/thoughts
to mail into the whole list.  The resulting e-mails can also be
discussed and shared in class.

That's pretty much it, but a few more details will be shared with
those who sign up.  Sometimes a discussion topic leads a class to
other things, but that is not part of the project, unless you wish to
share.  Things which are shared, such as poems or drawings, can be
posted by me on a general project website, not a class specific one.

If you are interested in signing up, let me know.  I will add you to
the Yahoo list, ready to go after the holidays.  If you know of
someone else, in another school, or another country, who might like
to participate,
feel free to invite them.  Since this will be an e-mail list, there's
really no limit on the number of classes which can participate, and
the reading of e-mails can be done at your leisure.  Since it's a
Yahoo list, a daily digest will be available.

If you are using your school e-mail address, please check to be sure
your firewall will not bounce the yahoo messages.

Susan
Susan at desertskyone.com