We will share most of our work in a Google+ Community. We can upload images, respond to each other’s ideas, and share links and artifacts here.
Course calendar can be found above and HERE.
The Crossover: I loved this book! Let me just say that I am not a basketball person but I really did love this book. I like how descriptive this book is especially with the basketball terms used. It involves a family structure life explanation tied in with basketball and middle school. It goes through the …
I chose the book Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai. . Throughout the book there are many emotions portrayed by the main character, Ha, who is a refugee from Saigon, very smart, and a lover of papayas. I really enjoyed this poem verse book based on true events the author went through. I haven’t read …
So, I read The Crossover, originally I was not sure how I would like it but it was actually really good. I actually read it in about 2-3 hours, but in two different sittings. I really liked the writing style and all the lessons that it teaches. It is focused so much around basketball, but …
I have finished reading The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. My initial thoughts about this book were first that it may be hard to read. I have never enjoyed poetry, neither reading nor writing it. I have always struggled reading books that are set up in stanzas. I think it is because I’m used to reading the …