Posted in Reading, tagged Author Skype, Book Club, Dianne Salerni, Skype, The Eighth Day on March 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The WJMS Book Club met March 12th to receive their third and final book of the year. The group will be reading The Eighth Day by Dianne Salerni, which I was able to find through our last Book Fair. After reading a passage to club members, I announced we would be able to Skype with the author during our next meeting in April. I’m looking forward to revealing the surprise our author has graciously provided for them.
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Club, Haunters, Skype, Thomas Taylor on November 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Book Club’s first book of the year was Haunters by Thomas Taylor. To surprise the kids, I contacted the author to see if he would Skype with our group. Mr. Taylor was such a great sport…he agreed! Since he is from the UK, I knew the kids would have tons of great questions for him, not only about the book, but about the UK too. Book Club members liked Mr. Taylor’s accent and enjoyed asking him all about his life. My favorite: “Do you watch Dr. Who?” I have some huge BBC fans in the group. They were surprised to learn that Mr. Taylor was the illustrator for the original cover of the first Harry Potter book.
Posted in Reading, tagged Author Skype, Joelle Charbonneau, Skype, The Testing on April 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The WJMS Book Club had an awesome Skype session with the author of their current book, The Testing. Joelle Charbonneau graciously agreed to talk with the group Wednesday afternoon. The group enjoyed her book very much and are looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Club, Joelle Charbonneau, Skype, The Testing on April 1, 2014| 1 Comment »
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Club, Keeper of the Lost Cities, Shannon Messenger, Skype on April 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Reading, tagged Keeper of the Lost Cities, Shannon Messenger, Skype on April 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Club, M. H. Herlong, Sea, Skype, The Great, Wide on November 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Our Skype session with M.H. Herlong was wonderful and the kids were fantastic. Since they read the book at the same time, we were able to video conference with Southeast Bulloch Middle School’s Book Club too. Students were able to ask her questions about The Great, Wide, Sea that the group had wondered about since reading the book. Being able to incorporate technology in the meeting enabled us to get up close and personal with her as well. We even found out about her family and her pets…and got to see the room where she writes! Huge thanks to the author for working with us to make the event happen. I could not sum up the event better than a student’s comment to me after the meeting, “Awesome, Mrs. Borck!” 🙂
Posted in Book Reviews, Reading, tagged Author, M. H. Herlong, Skype, The Great Wide Sea on November 8, 2011| 1 Comment »
Posted in Book Reviews, Reading, tagged M. H. Herlong, Sea, Skype, The Great, Wide on October 24, 2011| 3 Comments »
Soon after their mother’s death, 15-year-old Ben and his two younger brothers are stunned when their father sells their home, buys a sailboat, and announces that they will live on board and cruise the Bahamas for the next year. Wrenched from everything he knows and forced to obey his father-captain’s orders, Ben starts out angry and finds no escape. As he says, “We were always together.” When their father sets a course for Bermuda and disappears overboard one night, the boys have little time to wonder if he jumped or fell before they’re struggling to stay afloat in a fierce Atlantic storm. Lost at sea in a damaged boat, they find their way to an island where they are stranded with little food, little water, and little hope of rescue.
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Posted in Book Reviews, Reading, tagged Author Visit, Book Club, Patrick Carman, Skype, the crossbones on October 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Book club members are going high tech at WJMS! The group will be meeting best-selling author, Patrick Carman via virtual chat. Club members have been reading his latest book The Crossbones and are eager to ask him questions about it. The virtual chat will be Tuesday, October 26th after school in the media center. All faculty and students are welcome.
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