Ms. Turnbull's Room : Create Your Own Reading List: Introduction

Create Your Own Reading List: Introduction

Greetings and salutations! Today you're going to see some examples of reading lists created by teachers and kids like you so that you can eventually create one of your own and publish it. That way, other kids can read it and get your expert advice on what's worth reading.

Here are the steps for the assignment:

Create your personal top ten list of books and other reading materials.
Look at the amazon.com site to see some lists created by kids and other people about what they recommend.
Write a story on the 8th grade site that includes the titles and authors of the books (or other reading materials) on your list, as well as a very brief review.
Write a lead for your list, including a pseudonym for yourself .

Eventually, Ms. Turnbull will figure out how we can create a centrally located story including the leads to all your stories and links to your story for anyone who is enticed into reading your lists. All you brilliant computer wizards will probably help me do this, including Mr. Delaney.

Before we begin, let's create the magic of two screens by opening a new window. Then let's visit my favorite book source, Amazon.com. When you click on the blue text below, you will reach the search results I got when I typed in "Young Adult" in Amazon's search engine. I'm going to give you about 10 minutes to browse around in the lists on the far right side of the page. Each list will take you to books and more lists. Look around and see what people call themselves (their pseudonyms) and how they review their books. If you don't see anything that looks like something you'd read, type your favorite book in the search box. Your book will come up, as well as lists that included your favorite book. Please do not go to any other categories other than books while you are on this site.

AmazonYA

You'll use the Add a Comment button below to report on your work. Remember::

Once you post your comment, you can't edit it later.
Use only your first name and first initial of your last name.
You can only add another comment.
You can use your gaggle.net e-mail account. For Country, use your room #.

I had alot of fun and it was very interesting when e were on that program and i would like to go back to that program another day are sometime sooner.
--Terrance Sims ( SunnyDale@42nd.com ) from 204 on 1/14/2003; 2:45:48 PM

It was fun and I had liked it cause you can find alot of good books.
--Terrance Sims ( Sunny@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/14/2003; 10:34:30 AM

What a great site it was very interestingWow i really did not think that thi would be that cool.
--David B ( DavidB@aol.com ) from Room 204 on 1/14/2003; 10:30:40 AM

What a great site it was very interesting.
--David B ( DavidB@aol.com ) from Room 204 on 1/14/2003; 10:27:40 AM

What an incredible site!
--Helen ( Helflower@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/14/2003; 10:26:10 AM

I think it was fun having to see other people's interests in books. I wish that I could create my own list and have people comment on my list.
--Jazminn F. ( student@gaggle.net ) from 204 on 1/14/2003; 7:48:43 AM

On amazon.com I found many books I really liked. Some of the books I found were by my favorite author, Tamora Pierce. I also found books by Laurence Yep and Lynne Ewing. There were also "You Be The Jury" Books I would like to look into as well.
--Jenny W. ( student@gaggle.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 2:11:37 PM

Amazon is tight! Every books can be found in this site!! Any books I tried to look for is there in front of me. In front of me!!! When I find a book I like in Amazon, I might look for it in the library. Amazon is AAAAAmaziiiinG!!! Aye yi yi yi yi... I should read some more!
--~~~--JaY FacToR--~~~ ( kric795@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:06:23 PM

I read a page of the book, "Go Ask Alice" and I thought it was a great book. It made me want to read the real version because it was very interesting. I've read several books that is written by the author of "Go Ask Alice". Those books were really, really interesting!! Beatrice Sparks is always my favorite author. No one can take her place. All the books that she wrote was extremely interesting. My favorite book that she wrote is "Annie's Baby".
--Vivien Kwok ( vivien@yahoo.com ) from United States on 1/13/2003; 1:04:50 PM

The books were nice.I saw some some books of the redwall series i never saw before.I also saw some books like lord of the rings.I saw some books that i would like to read.
--brian y. ( _fly@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:04:39 PM

<raven>I saw alot of cool books . my faorite books were The Giver and The Star Girl .
<lourdes>I saw many books that were very interesting for example Nobodys Perfect Journal.
--Raven &Lourdes ( R&L@hotmail.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:04:37 PM

I saw some other books that i thought
i liked.I saw a captain underpants that looked funny.
--Raymond ( www.hobo@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:03:48 PM

I saw a list of Stephen King books. Ilike the book called Needful things , And It. I likie Kings books, espeacielly because their Pretty creepy, I don't think their that scary, or I probably haven't read a good one yet.
--Juan Gonzalez ( H006414741@gaggle.net ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:03:28 PM

I was reading this review about the book "Nobody is perfect". I really want to read this book because it talks about girls and what they are going throw. For example prepressure,life,school life,love and family.I also enjoyed stargirl. It's about this girl that she is in 10th grade and don't nothing about life but she is open mind.
--Stephanie ( stephanie_r1@hotmail.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:03:21 PM

I liked the wbsite because it has realy good books and because you can pick your own kind of books like you can pick scary, or adventure our other titles.
--Arturo Sanchez ( H008414741@gaggle.net ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:03:08 PM

the books in the amazon place were coo like the redwall series and stuff.i also liked some of the books like Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal nogging of Georgia nicholson and princess diaries.well thats all the books i really like well payce and chiken grease
--marvin salinas ( monkeys_@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:03:05 PM

The books in amazon was interesting.I did have some books that I like.One of them was It Happen to Nancy and another one was Almost Lost.Both of these books are teenlife and I like to read teenlife books.I also like to read books from Beatrice Sparks.
--Alina Tse ( asianpride4sho@yahoo.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:03:05 PM

It was kind of nice to look at books that i like and I also got to see some previews of books i havn't read. Since i saw some interesting books, I'd like to read some of them. I've done this kind of search at home before but it was mostly on games. Now, I have tried out looking for books on Amazon. I can also type in an author's name and Amazon can help me find the books that are written by that author. I think it's simple, easy, and fast. Next time, I'm just going to go here if I'm bored.
--Kenny Liao ( xaznxxboix@yahoo.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:02:57 PM

Amazon was Alittle helpful to me but, not really. Most of the books I search for did not having and list about it. I like it because some of the book had good reviews that other kids wrote. I Could find out what the book was about from other people and people who review the book. It also add a side list of other books that is like the book I read and books that would be good.
--Brian Hidalgo ( xxghettopinoyxx@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:02:04 PM

I found out that I liked the picture on the home page.And that i looked at alot of stuff i didn't know about.I also had alot of books that i never read. And i saw a big captain underpants.
--Andy Wu ( www.ohyeahbum@yahoo.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 1:01:30 PM

I saw some cool books that i would like to read. Also i saw some interesting books that people read relating to the book i saw. I was glad it had what level the book was so i can decide what level was for me and what level i wanted to read. There were some cool screen names and yeah.
--Cindy_L ( dynci829olu@yahoo.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 12:57:37 PM

I liked the Redwall Books.I found out that I didn't read some of the books.
--Raymond ( www.luke@aol.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 12:57:17 PM

i looked at all of the books and the only ones that i liked was the HP books so idon't have that much to write.
--dominique evans ( b2k872002@yahoo.com ) from s.f. on 1/13/2003; 10:33:35 AM

Some of the the things that I like about the web was that I search for alot of book and that the web Is werry cool because I can do alot of things
--Tony Huang ( T-Man@aol.com ) from room204 on 1/13/2003; 10:33:25 AM

I thunk it was very nice on amazon.com i seen lots of books that i liked but the books i really want to read are the princess diaries by Meg Cabot i read book 1 and 2,but i would like to read books three and four on amazon they let you read the first 11 pages of the book and you get to read the front and back cover also the inside flap.I was really interested when i started readin the first page and i didnt want to stop reading because it was so good that i wanted to keep on reading it.I like amazon because it has lots of good books another book that i was really interested in would be On The Bright Side im now the girlfriend of a sex god it's by Louise Rennison that book also really caught my eye those are the books that i would like to read that i thought were very good
--Alexzandra M ( lilhotgurl415@yahoo.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:30:52 AM

I saw some books. Some were interesting and might want to read them. I saw some that i already read. Most of the people had the same books on their lists.
--Kevin Lam ( lilaznboikml@yahoo.com ) from Room 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:30:18 AM

I did do something like this before at home but I did add any comments to it before, so that part was new to me. I think that doing the kind of search is pretty cool in all. I hope that we can do this next time soon. Using the web is a very easy way to find new and exciting books to read when you don't have anything to read or when your bored. So that's what I think about today's lesson in the lab
--Janice H. ( student@gaggle.net ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:29:07 AM

I've saw many Magic Tree House books on the site. All by Mary Pope Osborne. I've seen a few that I haven't read yet and that i really wanted to read. Like the Good Morning Gorillas and the Thanksgiving on Thursday. I've also see a section of You Be the Jury books by Marvin Miller that i wanted to read.
--Biyin Yu ( byby412@yahoo.com ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:28:55 AM

This site was really interesting. I never used Amazon before, so this is a first time experience. In this site people add comments on their favorite books. If you have nothing to read i would recommend you going to amazon and check out people's list. I'v seen an interesting book that i would like to read and it's called "Marian Keys." I think it is a series book.Another book was called "The Princess Diaries." The person said it was a good teen book so maybe one day i will try and read it. So remember to check out this cool site ok?
--Amy H. ( Student@gaggle.net ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:28:55 AM

I THINK THAT IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO LOOK AT BOOK THAT YOU HAVENT SONE LIKE I DID NOT EVEN SON LIKE THE PRINCESSC DIARY PAR ONE ANH TWO AND THERE AND IT IS A FOUR I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS BOOK
--MARCEISHA BROUSSARD ( WHITHFIEOLDMARMAE@AOL.COM ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:28:51 AM

When I went to the amazon website I saw a lot of nice and great books. I liked the website because it was organized when you type in the type of book that you want. It also has a nice website. The amazon website is a good place to look and find books for young adults like me.
--Frank Ye ( AzNdragon0123@netscape.net ) from Room 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:28:41 AM

Ruin Mist: Keeper Martin's Tale (Ruin Mist Chronicles Series)
by Robert Stanek
-I think this book would be pretty good.

I found a lot of cool lists but some were confusing. I found some books I would like to read also. I hope you can get the rest of the "Series of unfortunate events" because I want to read them. I found more titles for that series.

Triss (Redwall)
by Brian Jacques, David Elliot (Illustrator)
-I want to read this book too!
A Redwall Winter's Tale
by Brian Jacques, Christopher Denise (Illustrator)The Tribes of Redwall: Badgers (The Tribes of Redwall Series)
-these books sound interesting. i already read the others in this series. they are interesting but they basically tell the same story.
--helen l. ( H008478437@gaggle.net ) from 204 on 1/13/2003; 10:27:54 AM

I noticed at Amazon.com you can find any kind of book you want or fit your favorites. You can see other peoples' review of all the books and what they recommend to read. I like how you can have a sneak peek and look inside a few pages of the book you want. There are offers on books old and new and it's very easy to use.
--Jana Ng ( francesj120@yahoo.com ) from 8-204 on 1/13/2003; 10:26:57 AM

The 10th Kingdom (Hallmark Entertainment Books)
by Kathryn Wesley, Robert, Sr.

I wish we had this book. It sounds like a very interesting book, that probably relates to Everworld.
--Lily ( student@yahoo.com ) from 204 HR on 1/13/2003; 10:18:46 AM