tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24418123.post8727996752085686156..comments2024-02-19T16:27:17.334-06:00Comments on THE PLANET ESME PLAN: TODAY I WILL (NONFICTION)Esme Raji Codellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04517767178981635423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24418123.post-52014748671202988122010-01-22T10:53:10.632-06:002010-01-22T10:53:10.632-06:00Hello, wonderful Burley readers! I taught for sev...Hello, wonderful Burley readers! I taught for several years and while SAHARA SPECIAL is not based on my first year, many of the students I met and experiences I had over time influenced the writing of that book. In my mind, Sahara needed some extra support, as everybody does at different times in our lives. Whether Sahara had "special needs" the way schools think of it is really up to each reader to decide (what do YOU think?). If I were Sahara's teacher, I don't think I would have thought of her as a child who would benefit from being identified that way, though if she really didn't do her work for such a long time I would have had to investigate the reasons.Esme Raji Codellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517767178981635423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24418123.post-82368836423588073192010-01-22T09:55:33.019-06:002010-01-22T09:55:33.019-06:00Me and my three friends in our book club just fini...Me and my three friends in our book club just finished, Sahara Special. We wanted to know, did Sahara really have special needs or were the teachers underestimating her? Was this book based on your first year as a teacher or did you make it up? <br /><br />-Burley StudentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24418123.post-61201078104623522242010-01-14T17:45:17.984-06:002010-01-14T17:45:17.984-06:00Thanks for the Haiti book suggestions. I'm goi...Thanks for the Haiti book suggestions. I'm going to see if I can find any of them at our library.silly eagle bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08176707208858920510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24418123.post-38623082464838198222010-01-14T17:09:51.821-06:002010-01-14T17:09:51.821-06:00Thanks for sharing, Melanie! I was not acquainted...Thanks for sharing, Melanie! I was not acquainted with that title, and I'm glad to know about it.Esme Raji Codellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517767178981635423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24418123.post-90636071087105340762010-01-14T15:43:33.492-06:002010-01-14T15:43:33.492-06:00Don't forget about my book, "Aunt Lilly&#...Don't forget about my book, "Aunt Lilly's Laundromat" Dutton 1995. About a Haitian woman who acclimates to life in Brooklyn but does not forget her childhood home and culture.melanie hope greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com