804's All Star COMMENTER of the week: Isabelle Fernandez!

Check out the blogs she follows at her blog and read her comments!!

So, 804 blew me out of the water.

There were too many great things to have a single all-star mentor this week.  Here are my highlights and what made reading blogs feel like leisure rather than work:

All Star Creative Writer of the Week: Annie Futterman

All Star Great Connections and References to Other Texts of the Week: Jesse Naranjo

Analyzing the Cover as Art: Susan Guaman

Digging deeper into the true issue: Kai Junn Lathrop

Seriously great post *and* thought provoking comment threads: Nathalie Pages and Molly Smith

Passionate and honest voice: Audrey Bachman, Nora Dellafera, Louis Bonnet (Nora's contains Harry Potter spoilers...be careful!)

Well written, poetic connections and multimedia: Pia Wahlston

 There were others, as well, but I am running out of time. Keep up the good work, 804! AND many of you need to start commenting!!

804 All Star Mentor of the Week: Max Piersol!

One thing I'm looking for in your blog posts is whether you are retelling too much versus whether you are developing a theory about the book you are reading (remember our Charlotte's Web work? A theory can be a big idea you come up with based on a micro or macro detail...)

Max came up with an interesting theory based on his reading of It's Kind of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. Read his post HERE. Check your entries to see if you have been coming up with theories or retelling too much.

804's All Star Mentor of the Week: Pia Wahlston!

Pia's post about Looking for Alaska is beautifully written. Enough said.

804's All Star Mentor of the Week: Ben Futterman!

There was one thing about Ben's post this week that made it stand out from all the others:  research.  Ben developed a theory about something in A Wrinkle in Time and took the time to do some research on it.  Read his post HERE to see for yourself...and then try to incorporate research into *your* post for next week!

Other posts worth checking out...Audrey, Isabelle and Annie!