Reading Matters: SAMPLE 4++ TAPESTRY

In case you were wondering what a 4++++++++++++++++++++++ Tapestry looked like. Of particular note: the quality of the reflections; the design; the sources, esp. the Art selections under the More tab, and the Song choice -- Purcell - with audio link.

http://popstapestry.webs.com/

This is from Mr. Hindley's class - so the format is a wee bit different (website vs Blog; structure a wee bit different - but the end product meets the same criteria).

FEATURE BOOK FOR GIRLS

WIntergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson: "Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls. “Tell us your secrets,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another. I am that girl. I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame. Lia and Cassie were best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies. But now Cassie is dead. Lia’s mother is busy saving other people’s lives. Her father is away on business. Her stepmother is clueless. And the voice inside Lia’s head keeps telling her to remain in control, stay strong, lose more, weigh less. If she keeps on going this way – thin, thinner, thinnest – maybe she’ll disappear altogether. In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the National Book Award finalist Speak, bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson explores one girl’s chilling descent into the all-consuming vortex of anorexia."