5/6C’s Class Blog 2008

In class we are reading the American novel “Riding Freedom”, by Pam Muñoz Ryan. The novel’s genre is historical fiction, which means that while many of the characters and events in the book are non-fiction, or true, other characters and details have been invented by the author to help make the book more interesting, make sense better, or to fill in gaps in history. The book relates to our current study of Government and Elections as the central character, Charley, is believed to be the first woman to vote in a U.S. Presidential election – although officials didn’t know that at the time!

When we have finished we will write a review to post on our Books page.

The Wordle below was made using a discussion guide for “Riding Freedom” on the U.S. Scholastic website.

We’ve finally finished a couple more book reviews and posted them. Click on our Books page to see what we’ve been reading and what we thought. We will add more detail to some of our reviews soon.

Currently we are reading Morris Gleitzman’s “Then”, the sequel to “Once”, which we read last term. There is some good news for those who love the books and can’t wait to read the next bit: we read on the internet that there will be a third book in a couple of years, called “Now”. I wonder if there will be a happy ending?

Post your thoughts in a comment.

We always have a class novel “on the go”,  so to speak. Today, Mrs C finished reading “Holes” by Louis Sachar – we’ll be publishing a review of it in the next week or so. We’re going to watch the movie next, and compare the two stories. Meanwhile, we love to hear of books that other classes recommend for teachers to read out loud.

Check out our Books page to see what we’ve read so far this year.