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I promised my students I would link this again. Here you go, kids!

— Ms. Nancy

Do you know about the city of Heracleion? You should. The ruins were located in 2000, and for the past 13 years the divers have been having a field day. Take a look:

And a few more links:

Huffington Post

The Telegraph

Daily Mail

Lots of fodder if you’re interested in writing, say, a report…??? Yes, do it!

And here’s to adventurers, explorers and discoverers everywhere.

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“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” — John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)

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“Words strain, / Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, / Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, / Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, / Will not stay still.”
— T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965)

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What a plant sale 😉

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My husband and daughter are in London and oh, man, are they having fun. They took a trip to see the Queen! She wasn’t home, she’s in Scotland! The End.

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(Photo by Steve Rawley)

We’ve started reading next year’s OBOB selections at our house.

Here are the titles (a dozen total) for grades 9 through 12 (ORCA is short for Oregon Reader’s Choice Award):

“Grave Mercy,” by Robin LaFevers, 2012

“Rot & Ruin,” by Jonathan Maberry, 2010

“Daughter of Smoke & Bone,” by Laini Taylor, 2011 (2014 ORCA)

“Copper Sun,” by Sharon M. Draper, 2006 (A group of my middle school students chose this for a group read a few years back and enjoyed it.)

“The Pregnancy Project,” by Gaby Rodriguez, 2012

“Winterdance,” by Gary Paulsen, 1995

“The Fault in Our Stars,” by John Green, 2012 (One of the best modern YA authors around — my daughter discovered him first.)

“Dairy Queen,” by Catherine Murdock, 2006 (Read this a few years back — very good read)

“Dirty Little Secrets,” by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu, 2010

“Everybody Sees the Ants,” by A. S. King, 2011 (2014 ORCA)

“Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick,” by Joe Schreiber, 2011 (2014 ORCA)

“Every Day,” by David Levithan, 2012 (Just checked out the audiobook copy of this from library today)

So. Here is my secret evil plan, as previously stated… I will add blurbs about these as we read them, what say? (The elementary and middle school lists are already posted.) Yes? Yes! I don’t know where I’ll be working next year, so this is giving me something to do while that falls into place. 🙂

Happy reading, happy OBOB and ORCA, too! Bon appetit.

– Ms. Nancy