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April Book Club-
We are reading "Call It Courage" by Sperry.
We can have the Book Club on April 27th.  The activities will include a discussion, a handout, an activity and cook over a fire
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From March's Book Club: Percy Jackson-
What Greek Myth (s) does the  Percy Jackson Series most mimic?
What do you know of Greek life?
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/southeast/pprojects/
Is Percy a hero?
Create your own Hero story-
 http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/smc/journey/
 
What are the classical/ Greek ideas of a hero? What are the ideas of a hero in the United States or to you? Are they the same or different?
 
Percy says, “Mr. Brunner expected me to be as good as everybody else, despite the fact I had dyslexia and I had never made above a C- in my life. No – he didn’t expect me to be as good. He expected me to be better.” What do you think of Mr. Brunner as a teacher?
When Percy finally learns the truth that he is the son of Poseidon, are you surprised? What hints are dropped before the revelation? How does Percy’s personality fit/not fit the god Poseidon?
In the end of the book, do you sympathize at all with Luke's feelings of betrayal? Is there anything you can relate to about his point of view?
 Percy's learning difficulties become strengths in a different context. What seem to be attention problems allow him to be aware of all sides of attack during a battle. While he struggles to read English, he masters ancient Greek almost effortlessly. What skills are valued most in today's society? How might students who struggle today have been successful in a different moment in history?
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What They Are Saying About The Book-

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New York Herald Tribune "A boy's character at ten years old is more often influenced by emotion than by reasoning. Something in the conduct of a hero leaps like a spark to light his own spirit. A book with a hero can sometimes bring this about. This is such a book.... It is related with unusual skill, carrying along a reader so rapidly he scarecely realizes how well it is being told... The story is wild enough to be remembered, and it cannot be remembered without doing good." -- Review --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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The New York Times"Whether this author is telling of clipper ships, of the days of the covered wagon, of the South Sea Islands, he writes always with imagination and integrity. Like all hero legends Mafatu's story has a strength and simplicity that appeals to a wide range in age and it is beautifully told. Mr. Sperry's fine drawings have the same spirit of adventure as the story and enhance the feeling of tropical seas and jungle given in the text. The story reads aloud well and will be useful to storytellers."

New York Herald Tribune"A boy's character at ten years old is more often influenced by emotion than by reasoning. Something in the conduct of a hero leaps like a spark to light his own spirit. A book with a hero can sometimes bring this about. This is such a book.... It is related with unusual skill, carrying along a reader so rapidly he scarecely realizes how well it is being told... The story is wild enough to be remembered, and it cannot be remembered without doing good."
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April's book Club

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The Underneath by Kathi Appelt and David Small April 20 12:00
With a Vet Clinic Field Trip (Date TBA)
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