Annotated Bibliographies!

     I really enjoy reading and to be honest, creating an annotated bibliography was kind of fun: I was able to think about the books I read and try to imagine a way to use them in my classroom to help my students enjoy the books as much as I did and relate them to our studies in meaningful ways.  What I was not prepared for was how much work it actually took for me to finish a thirty book bibliography, I am pretty sure I spent at least 10 hours writing the bibliography and I couldn't even begin to guess how many hours I spent reading for this projects, I know I read well over 40 books in an effort to find thirty that made ideas and connections spring to mind for my classroom. 
     I hope to be teaching soon, I know having this project at hand will be a big asset for me in planning and I intend to continue adding more books to it as I discover them, except the books I add from this point forward will be more geared towards the subject I am teaching or books for my classroom library that I think students will really enjoy.  In regards to the second part, I think maybe I will make an annotated bibliography that includes all the books in my classroom library with a section for extension/application that students could use for sharing the book with the class.  If you are interested in reading my annotated bibliography, please click this link Mr. Balasco's Annotated Bibliography.