An 8th Grade Girl Takes a Stand

I was so inspired by this article in The New York Times.  Read it and respond for an extra credit homework assignment! Leave your thoughts in the comments as well!

Seventeen Magazine Faulted by Girl, 14, for Doctoring Photos

Coming of Age Resource

A student in 806 found this website that lists a bunch of Coming of Age books and also has interesting articles to supplement and enrich what we have been talking about in class, if you are interested:

http://www.comingofagebooks.com/

Calling all Harry Potter Nerds. And I mean that in the best of ways.

Ms. Santarpia shared this with me--it's called the Harry Potter Companion--and goes through each chapter of every book with commentary, original art, etc. Don't procrastinate too much here, kiddos.