Pin-Worthy...My Favorite Pins This Week!

I have to admit my blogging has slacked some with school, so I apologize for my lack of posts the last couple of months. My class just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I've also been working on a new novel unit for The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking trilogy, book 1). If you haven't read it, you MUST! A fellow teacher (thank you, Mrs. Cobb!) suggested I read it after I finished Mockingjay. Since all three books in the trilogy were already published, I did. And all I can say is...wow. Patrick Ness is definitely one of my (new) favorite authors. I have since read almost everything he has published and am waiting anxiously to see how Lions Gate Movies® will portray the movie for Knife.

In the meantime, I've compiled some of my favorite pins this week (or...from the past few weeks) and I promise I'll be writing more when I finish the novel unit and school slows down some. (We had parent/teacher conferences, Red Ribbon Week, and Halloween all this past week while teaching a full regular school week. I know you can relate to that craziness!) You can follow all my pins HERE.

Catching Fire Set Pics:

The Cornucopia from Catching Fire via www.thehob.org

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444728517/

The Chariots via www.thehob.org

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444701023/

Halloween:

Free Download: Truly Evil President Snow-Created Word Search

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444744448/

President Snow Evil Word Search & Pumpkin Carving Template

Hunger Games Pumpkin Carving Stencils

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444599483/

Halloween Costume Ideas:

Katniss & Peeta's Son

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444466826/

Hunger Games Arrows & Quiver

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444742561/

An Array of Links for Katniss Everdeen Costumes 

via http://www.squidoo.com/hunger-games-costumes-katniss

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444742556/

"Priceless"

From www.traceeorman.com

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444743673/

"Meme Guys"

From www.traceeorman.com

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444743661/

"50 Shades of Grey"

From www.traceeorman.com

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444743669/

Miscellaneous:

My 5 seconds of fame in NEA Today's Fall 2012 magazine:

http://www.nea.org/tools/tips/pinning-grammar-and-mechanics.html 

Link to: My Grammar Errors Board
http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444745004/

Reached...Coming Soon! (Who else is excited for the third book in the Matched trilogy??)

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444599717/

New Product: To Kill a Mockingbird Discussion Questions Handouts

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444644574/

New product: Expository News Writing Presentation & Handouts

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444666029/

Just For Laughs...

Oh, Scout...

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444001522/

My dog has chewed a student's paper before...

This can go on my Grammar Errors board, too: Did you notice the misspelling?
http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444707845/

Reading can save your life.

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444705386/

Animals and "Ermahgerd" = Laughter

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444600109/

Dorothy and Toto Pun

http://pinterest.com/pin/175570085444648918/

Have a great week, my friends!