For this week's Hunger Games segment, I'm going to focus on Visualization and Symbolism. Good readers tend to visual scenes much like a movie while they read a book, but not all readers do this automatically. In fact, it's part of what holds reluctant readers back. If a reader can't visualize while reading, how can he... Continue Reading →
Author Becca Fitzpatrick has all sorts of goodies on her website related to Hush, Hush and Crescendo -- including playlists for each book. But we wanted to get even more specific. So below you'll find polls listing all of the songs from each of Becca's playlists. We want you to vote on which song from... Continue Reading →
Author Becca Fitzpatrick has all sorts of goodies on her website related to Hush, Hush and Crescendo -- including playlists for each book. But we wanted to get even more specific. So below you'll find polls listing all of the songs from each of Becca's playlists. We want you to vote on which song from... Continue Reading →
Today, we're a wee bit giddy to show you this first video. Though it's extremely short (only 7 seconds!) -- it has caused a few squeals of delight from the Novel Novice staffers. Why, you ask? Because NYT best-selling author Becca Fitzpatrick herself gives us a shout out! Mega thanks to Becca for taking some... Continue Reading →
Since we're featuring Hush, Hush and Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick all month here at Novel Novice, we thought maybe we should tell you what it is we love about the books so much. Crescendo hit store shelves a couple weeks ago, so we didn't want to wait until now to post our reviews -- but... Continue Reading →
Since we're featuring Hush, Hush and Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick all month here at Novel Novice, we thought maybe we should tell you what it is we love about the books so much. Crescendo hit store shelves a couple weeks ago, so we didn't want to wait until now to post our reviews -- but... Continue Reading →
Yes, I am a naughty teacher. My Outsiders post is a day late. I should take off points for being late! For this week's edition of our lesson study of The Outsiders, I am sharing a lesson I used to teach the connection between Mood and Setting. 8th grade students need to understand that Mood... Continue Reading →
It's Tuesday, and that means it's "book birthday" day -- in other words, new releases are in book stores today. And there's one in particular that we're excited to check out -- The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith. Here's what it's all about: Since losing both of her parents, fifteen-year-old Katie can see... Continue Reading →
It's Tuesday, and that means it's "book birthday" day -- in other words, new releases are in book stores today. And there's one in particular that we're excited to check out -- The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith. Here's what it's all about: Since losing both of her parents, fifteen-year-old Katie can see... Continue Reading →
For our November Book of the Month, we're excited to launch a new month-long contest -- with some great book prizes courtesy of our friends at Simon & Schuster. And since we had so much fun with our last character "tweet" contest for The Mortal Instruments, we're doing it again -- only this time, with... Continue Reading →
