Barb Doty

@KellyGToGo Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir- so so good. One of my freshmen said it was officially his favorite book ever

What was your single favorite book you read in 2021?

@KellyGToGo @pennykittle @HeinemannPub Yahoo! This makes me so happy.

Coming soon: our new book! We are proud of this work and excited to share it with you. Pre-ordering with a 40% discount will start Sept. 27. Publishing on Nov. 2. @pennykittle @HeinemannPub

@KellyGToGo Thank you so much. This truly will help as our school goes through the Corona process. It's given me many ideas for all my classes.

Here are the lesson plans. Scroll down to "Coronavirus lesson plan": kellygallagher.org/instructional-…

Here I will share my lesson plans for my students who will not be coming to school for the next two weeks. These plans were developed with my friend @pennykittle , as well as from input from some of my ELA colleagues at Magnolia High School. But before I share, some thoughts:

@KellyGToGo @FletcherRalph Wish I was there

Hey @FletcherRalph, wish you were here last night for Jackson Browne.

@KellyGToGo Year 20 for me. Have a fantastic year!

Today I begin my 35th year of teaching. Each year is a unique, living mosaic. Will meet my new students this morning. I am excited by what I know and what I don't know. Let's go!

@elisabethelling Try Creative High School English. I've gotten a lot of fresh ideas to try.

@hollybayard Thank you so much, Holly. I was able to receive the directions and download them. It certainly looks like an interesting one-pager.

@barbdoty1 Hi Barb! This one-pager was used with their independent reading novels. But I’ve done them also with class novels. If you want the instructions for them I can send them to you.

My students are so amazing!

@KellyGToGo Read. Write. Teach joy for both daily.

I book-talked Michael Pollan’s in Defense of Food today. Love how he summarizes his entire book in the first seven words: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” My 7-word teaching version: “More reading. More writing. Choice. No worksheets.” Yours?

Thanks, Penny! Just what I needed to plan the next moves with 8th graders! ⁦@pennykittle⁩

@hollybayard I will do it if I can get the funding to buy the books. Let me know how it goes for your classes.

@barbdoty1 I’m planning to use it as a class book too!!

I gave a book talk on Ruta Sepetys's book Salt to The Sea last week to my classes. The book now has a 20 student deep waiting list to read it. Considering using it as a whole class read.

@hollybayard @goodreads Good for you. That sounds interesting.

@barbdoty1 @goodreads I’m doing an independent study class with Dr. Ellington on diverse literature and the impact in the classroom.

I've read 31 of 40 books for the Goodreads 2018 Reading Challenge! #goalstoachieve goodreads.com/user_challenge… via @goodreads

@hollybayard @goodreads What class are you taking?

@barbdoty1 @goodreads Thanks Barb! I’m actually doing another college class with adolescent literature so I have a motivation to keep reading!! Hope you’re having a great summer!!

@BrianDoll22 I've used excerpts from A Man Called Ove for speech contests. It certainly looks like you will have an entertaining summer. Enjoy the reading!

Here's my TBR list. #yalitclass

@kas_mickey @Haleynsmiley I know it. My fingers start reaching for books automatically now.

My most important takeaway from this class is to always find time to read and build recommendations for students in a variety of topics and genres. #yalitclass

@kas_mickey Will do.

@Haleynsmiley We read out loud in my classes all the time. It really helps foster discussions.

My favorite module was week 10: reading aloud. I don't think that there is enough talk about the benefits of reading out loud. There is a lot of push for students to read on their own and that they are responsible enough to do it. #yalitclass