Tolerance and Open-Minded

I love book talk days when I get to introduce great books to middle schoolers. The IBMYP Learner Trait for February is Tolerance and our school's Character Trait is Open-Minded. All of the books below are vehicles for discussing either because the traits are very obvious, or lacking in some way.  Today I took all ten books to classes and asked the students to pick five to talk about. It was fun stuff!

I was pleased that all five classes that I spoke to chose a mixture of fiction and non-fiction literature. Every single class chose the book Loser by Jerry Spinelli to discuss which I was least comfortable talking about. But, I let the book speak for itself by reading a chapter aloud.

I wish the book cover images came out in this as they do on the word document that I publish for students--I'll have to figure out how to make that happen. I haven't been spending much time working with this blog lately. No wondering why--just a busy lady.

Happy Reading.

Linda

February’s IB Learner Trait is tolerance and the Character Trait is open-minded

Fiction—read how tolerance and being open-minded are ideas in these stories

Loser by Jerry Spinelli FIC SPI and PL FIC SPI

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon FIC MAG and PL FIC MAG

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristen Levine FIC LEV

Rules By Cynthia Lord FIC LOR

Pink and Say by  Patricia Polacco PIC POL

Non-Fiction—find tolerance and/or open-mindedness in these true stories

Why Do They Hate Me? Young Lives Caught in War and Conflict by Laurel Holliday 305.23

How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg 920 BRA

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Edited by Jack Canfield 973.9 CAN

We Are the Many by Doreen Rappaport 970 RAP

Stand Up for Your Rights by World Book Encyclopedia 323 STA