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Squashed

Hope Was Here

Squashed #2

Welcome!

Welcome to the Joan Bauer book group blog. Throughout the next month or so, you will be using this website to access information about the book unit. Please try to remember to check the blog often. You can also access your homework by clicking on the homework tab on the top of the page.  Enjoy!

Mrs. Dohan

Why I Read

This is one of Joan Bauer's favorite poems. Read it and find out why!

 

Why do I read?
I just can't help myself.
I read to learn and to grow, to laugh and to be motivated.
I need to understand things I've never been exposed to.
I read when I'm crabby, when I've just said monumentally dumb
things to the people I love.
I read for strength to help me when I feel broken, discouraged
and afraid.
I read when I'm angry at the whole world.
I read when everything is going right.
I read to find hope.
I read because I'm made up not just of skin and bones, of sights,
feelings, and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm also made
up of words.
Words describe my thoughts and what's hidden in my heart.
Words are alive-when I've found a story that I love, I read it,
again and again, like playing a favorite song over and over.
Reading isin't passive-I enter the story with the characters,
breathe their air, feel their frustration, scream at them to
stop when they're about to do something stupid, cry with
them, laugh with them.
Reading, for me is spending time with a friend.
A book is a friend.
You can never have too many.

 

• What do you think?
• Why do you read?
• Do you enjoy it?
• Do you agree with what the person in this poem is saying?

Try to use some of these excellent reading techniques when you begin reading your Joan Bauer book!