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I am a middle school teacher whose wife reads more than he does. I am looking to change that. My reading tastes are not as eclectic as some, but flexible nonetheless. I really enjoy a story with a good character as much as I do a good story - it is the writer in me. I am also a writer - not published yet, but hopefully one day:)
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  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings CROAH member!


    We are now accepting nominations for the next group read to cover the fourth US President, James Madison.

    Please send your suggestions via one of 2 ways:

    a) a private note to either Regina or Dog Lover (this method reveals your email address to us), or

    b) use the "Questions About this Group" text box found on the member's tab. This sends an email to both administrators and masks your email address.

    Please do NOT post your nomination to the site's discussion tab.

    Please include the title, author, and brief description of the book. It would also be nice if you included the Shelfari book page URL.

    Nominations will be accepted through the 18th. Nominations will be posted and voting will take place through the 25th. We will post the selected book on the 26th.

    Because we are approaching the Holidays a revised schedule will be followed for the remainder of 2009 and beginning of 2010. We will vote for the Madison read in October, post discussion questions in November, skip December, vote on Monroe reads in January, and post discussion questions in February.

    A suggestion has been made to continue the extended reading schedule past the Holidays and provide 2 months between book selections. We would be interested in hearing anyone's thoughts on this. Would it help you? Would you lose momentum? Are you too busy to participate on the current schedule.

    Please post your comments on this proposed scheduling change to the nomination thread found at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/146618/James-Madison-Nominations-are-Open

    The four books we've chosen since the group started have been fabulous. We look forward to seeing the nominations for the fifth.

    Thanks,

    Regina & DL

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings CROAH members!

    The nominations are in for the CROAH September group read about Thomas Jefferson.

    You'll find the ballot at http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/137240/Vote-for-Thomas-Jefferson-Reads---September-2009

    This is a "ballot" therefore...

    Please vote only once.

    Please indicate only a vote "for" - do not vote against a title.

    Please do not include any sales talk or justification for your vote - just "yae" or "for".

    The last 3 reads have been just fabulous. With this range of nominations, it looks as though we'll have another winner for our 4th group read!

    Thanks so much to all of you who submitted nominations - great job!

    Lookin' forward to your votes,

    DL

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings!

    The Chronological Read of American History Group (CROAH) is now ready to receive your nominations for the group's September read.

    The subject is Thomas Jefferson. To nominate a biography, please send the title, author, and a brief description of the book to the group administrators. You might choose to also include the URL for the Shelfari book page associated with your nominated title.

    To send us your nominated title, you may use either the "private note" feature (which will reveal your email address to the administrators) or the "Questions about this group?" text entry box found on the member tab of CROAH which will protect your privacy.

    Nominations will be accepted through Aug 16 2009.

    Voting will take place from August 17 - 23, 2009 with an announcement on August 24, 2009.

    Lookin' forward to seein' your nominations!

    DL

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings,

    Chronological Read of American History - July 2009 Ballot: John Adams

    Nominations are now closed for our collective read on John Adams. Voting will be open until June 19. Please vote one (and only one) time for one of the nominated books.

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/125744/July-2009-Ballot-John-Adams

    Hope to see your vote soon,

    DL

    Note: If you are one of the early birds that have already voted, please excuse this note. Bookkeeping is difficult in tasks such as this!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Regina L

    Regina L says

    Sorry I am late on the welcome. I just wanted to say welcome to the Chronological Read of American History Group. We look forward to your comments and getting to know you. Please consider introducing yourself on the Introduction Thread. Let us know if you have any questions.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Brittany S

    Brittany S says

    Alvin,

    I don't have Water for Elephants on there, but it's one I've been thinking about. Glad to hear someone liked it! I also like all the professional books you have on your shelf; that's one area I really need to dive into more--so I'll probably be stealing some of those titles too! One that I would highly recommend to you (or two, actually) are Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman. They're graphic novels about the Holocaust and are very well done. Yes, Robert and I do have a lot of books in common; we teach in the same English department and are in the same book club! It's nice to have someone to bounce reading ideas off of like that. That's why this site is nice!
    Have a good day; hope it's sunnier where you are. I'm getting tired of the rain!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Robert M

    Robert M says

    I picked up the American arguments book for a class I co teach with a friend - American Studies. We combined American Lit and History - we read works from the corresponding time periods at the same time the students are studying the history parts - GREAT CLASS! This books has some good discussion starters. What I like best is that he advocates arguing these points - very important for this class - I am looking forward to using parts of it next year. Don Quixote is a hefty read - one of those book I always meant to get to - I try to read those types in the summer. I am enjoying it very much- but it is a difficult read, I really have to concentrate on it. Give it a try, not much like the musical though.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Kat B

    Kat B says

    Thanks for the tip! I haven't read it yet as I'm trying to wind my way through my own bookshelf first, but a trip to the library may be in order. Enjoy your summer as well!!

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ann E. M.

    Ann E. M. says

    Hi,

    Welcome to the Movie Lovers Group. Hope to see you as an active participant in the group; it's always great to hear from new voices. Please feel free to post your comments on new and old threads. We also have a recurring thread "Movies You've Watched During the Month". Please feel to post the movies you've seen on the small and big screen and your ratings.

    Have a wonderful day.

    Ann

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dog Lover

    Dog Lover says

    Greetings!

    There are 3 items on the Chronological Read of American History (CROAH) Group that need your attention.

    1) Nominations are now open for us to select the group read for July 2009.

    The July 2009 read will cover John Adams. To nominate a book send a private note to one of the administrators with the book title, author, and a brief synopsis of the book. Another communication route is via the "Questions about this group?" box found on the Members page of the group.

    We will post nominations sometime over the wekend following Friday, June 12. Voting will take place until Friday, June 19. The selection will be posted sometime that weekend.


    2) We'd really like your feedback on how the group worked for the first 2 group reads.

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/122443/May-vs-March-Discussion-Structure


    3) There is a new Shelfari group closely related to CROAH that we hope will interest you.

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/123132/The-U-S-Supreme-Court

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/38428/about


    Thanks for helping make CROAH a great resource for learning more about the USA's history by examining each of its Presidents.

    DL

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Brittany S

    Brittany S says

    Alvin,

    I read all the time. I feel it's really important to show our kids that we value reading too--if we want them to read, we have to read. I'm glad you like some things that you see--if you have any suggestions, send them my way. I'm always looking for new thing to read.

    School got out right before Memorial Day weekend for us, so summertime's officially here! Hope you're enjoying it too!

    Brittany

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lee Kolbert

    Lee Kolbert says

    Just be sure you choose a blogging platform that allows you to moderate comments. You'll be fine and your kids will love it! Keep me posted.

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lee Kolbert

    Lee Kolbert says

    What are you afraid of?

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lee Kolbert

    Lee Kolbert says

    Hi Alvin,
    Yes, I am an educator (good call!) although not a classroom teacher anymore. At this point in my career, I'm a district administrator who works with teachers to integrate technology. We have some teachers who blog. We use WordPress and open it to those on request. Blogspot and other blogs, unfortunately, are blocked in our district. We are working to open these sites up but it's a challenge. We are making progress though. Here is an example of what our Library Media Specialists are doing with our students, district wide: http://pbspaces.com/botb/

    I hope this helps.

    Lee

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )


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