Tanglewood Middle, Greenville, SC

Here are some of the stories and/or quotes from teachers using PITR at Tanglewood Middle in Greenville.

One teacher teaching a self contained special ed class of 19 students used Drive By and turned it into a whole class core novel using the independent reading guide as help. She said that these kids hated to write and could not stop the writing activates that went along with the book. Also, the kids were trying desperately to read ahead to find out what happened and these were kids that never liked to read before. "Kids were so into the book (Drive By), they could not stop talking about it." She also said many of these children had never read a whole book and since September have read over 615 pages.

Another teacher turned Scorpions into a whole class novel. She said, "The kids were so excited, they were 'robbing' the library for similar books."

Another teacher is the Read 180 teacher and she uses the independent reading guides along with the Read 180 materials in her class.

Another teacher taught "Skin I'm In" and said, "The kids loved it."