Every year at this time my father says - you almost have the race run Dia! I assure him I do but the image above is how I like to think I finish the race every year. Once more dragged by a horse but still crossing the line! This metaphor also works for our Smackdown participants. You come to us all shiny and enthusiastic at the beginning of the year and you too are dragging at the end. Along the way I like to think you and the horse sat by a fire and read some great books!
For me, all three of the books left were outstanding as were a few who did not quite make the final battle. Of course you can argue about that and should! No matter how uncomfortable disagreements can make us I think an argument about books is vital to our classrooms and students. We do not all come at books the same way and each time the author and the reader need to work together for the magic read to occur. You say Yanny I say Laurel. * note this reference will self destruct in one week.
Thank you Brent for acknowledging how the right book for us is not necessarily the same for students. Some books are an introduction, some an affirmation and some a challenge. That is all part of a great reading diet!
Now drumroll....the winner of Smackdown the Octomom Edition - Neal Shusterman's Scythe.
All Hail... Smackdown the Nine Inch Book Edition! If you want back on that horse drop us a line!
Dia and Arlene
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