Year two was a much more lean, not really mean fighting machine! We made most of our blog deadlines and were able to a pick a winner - A MONSTER CALLS without having to bully too many people. We lost one of our bloggers to a backyard fire and his bone breaking work to stop it - only you Brad! We had people change job, drop in and drop out but overall of this we came together (cue the beautiful harp music) as a community of readers.
Arlene and I thank all of our bloggers for joining in and we hope to see you back again - please don't stop being a voice for young adult literature in education. We thank our readers (unless that is all Arlene hitting refresh in which case....thanks Arlene!) and welcome your comments.
Will there be a SMACKDOWN the triplet edition..............of course! Look for the SMACK to fly again in the fall. Interested? Contact either Arlene or myself: arlene.lipkewich@epsb.ca or dia.macbeth@epsb.ca.
We wanted to create a way where we could read a few books, learn about many titles and have fun doing it! The tournament style reading of the Mighty Smackdown means that in the first round each participant reads two books, discusses both in a blog post, selecting one book to move on to the next round. Teachers are asked to commit to one round but most, if not all, continue on. We will read to the end when we will have only one book left standing!
Whoot! Whoot! Let's hear it for Dia and Arlene! And for great YA literature! And for reading! And for summer...when there's TIME for reading!
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