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Sunday, April 16, 2017

Back at Book Clubs!

Almost everyone has finished their book club project from the last book club rotation so we are finally ready to get rolling with another great book! The excitement the students have for book clubs is AMAZING!!! Even students who were not excited when we first started them are loving and begging to start new books. I wish I had recorded some of their comments about book clubs! That is exactly why book clubs are super for creating passion in reading! So, look for students to be bringing home new books for book clubs this week. Three groups are going strong with their new books and the other groups will get their books by tomorrow or Friday.

Some reminders about book clubs:
1. Students are building their reading skills and strategies through reading and discussion. This is not a sit and read type of reading. This is a "thinking" and "discussing" type of reading (which is what reading is).
2. When students read at home they are to be using and recording their thinking by using "Reading Tracks". Students should write and record their thoughts on post-it notes and be ready to share them the next time their book club meets.
3. Last time students had calendars to record their book club meeting dates. This time we are going to try to build some responsibility and have students try to remember or write a note on when their book club meets next. We will see how that goes. If we encounter too many students forgetting when their book club meets, we will go back to writing it on a calendar.
4. Students are responsible for doing the reading outside of class and being ready with their reading tracks every time their group meets. If they have read but have not done their reading tracks, they will not be able to join the discussion with their book club.

Again we will be enjoying juice and snacks when the book clubs meet. If any parents would like to donate a jug of juice, that would be wonderful! Just send it with your 3B student to school.

I am excited to see the students so anxious and happy to get back into book clubs! That is what reading is all about - thinking and enjoyment!!!

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Art of Guild Wars 2 Book Available Now

Heres a Kodan piece that I am able to show.

*These are sample pages, not all of the art is mine

The Art of Guild Wars 2 is now available now online. Please go here to find out more.

LINK

Also, please note that we have separate stores for both our North America and European fans.

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Art of Guild Wars 2 Book

*Photos by Dan Cole, www.gritbox.com

Hi people, you may or may not heard that we are putting out an art book for GW2. Were giving them away at PAX this weekend, and sometime after that you will be able to order them online.

"The Art of Guild Wars 2 is a hardbound book packed with 128 pages of eye candy by ArenaNets award-winning artists. The vivid collection of concept art offers a long-awaited glimpse into the world of Guild Wars 2. Within these pages youll visit the undead realm of Orr, meet the mysterious sylvari, and behold the fiery war machines of the charr. This book is a must-have for any Guild Wars fan."

*ArenaNet is going to be at booth #842 in the Exhibit Hall. Its actually the NCsoft Booth. Hope this helps clear up any confusions.

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Aviation Book Review Flight for Safety!

#aviation #avgeek #airbus #novel #bestseller

CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?

Say, who is that handsome fella in the pic?

Ladies and gentlemen, from the flight blog, this is your Capn speaking . . .

I am excited to inform you that fellow Airbus pilot/blogger/author Karlene Petitts new novel, Flight for Safety, the sequel to the highly acclaimed, Flight for Control, is out!

The one and only Karlene Petitt!

As you know, I spent this past weekend with Ms. Petitt meeting you folks and signing our novels at the Washington Aviation Associations 31st annual Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show.

(See the sidebar or click lastbushpilots.com to see more about my novels)

A special "Hi" to future airline pilot Scott, from Embry Riddle!

While my review of her novel may be a tad biased, I can honestly say that its some of the best damn flying scenes Ive ever read!

Whats more, she has made this book series the cornerstone to her safety mission. One more airliner accident is one too many, and in this series she exposes—via fiction—some of the dastardly realities of this business that COMPROMISE SAFETY.

Through her novels, she hopes to spark a grassroots movement to propel our industry out of the political whitewash, bean-counting corporate greed mode and into the realm of the truly uncompromising SAFETY FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS, where it should be!

One of the most famous aviation novelists out there,
John J. Nance,
has this to say:

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"Can you handle the truth? Then this book is a must-read!"

—John J. Nance Author, Pandoras Clock and Orbit, Aviation Analyst, ABC World News
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The truth of being a professional airline pilot in today’s stressed airline world, the truth about the major new threats to the safety of airline passengers from pilots who aren’t trained to fly anything but computers, and the truth about how political and personal agendas sometimes trump safety and sanity.

see more at:

http://karlenepetitt.blogspot.com/2014/02/can-you-handle-truth.html#sthash.D3i1yUjU.dpuf

So now, I invite you to sit back, relax and . . .

Well, if you start reading, Flight for Safety, you AINT gonna be sitting back and relaxing! This sucker is edge-of-your-capns seat suspense and action, from prologue to epilogue!

A very real portrayal of life on the line for today’s modern airline pilot. The harsh reality of the pilot’s “glamorous lifestyle” is exposed in all its ugly, very real warts. The exhausting schedules, the insane career volatility, the stress of a merger, the politics, the constant tug-of-war between safety and profits, and the often counterproductive mandates of the FAA—all coalesce into a drama that could easily play out on the stage of any of today’s mega-carriers.

Airline pilot Darby is an engaging heroine. Fully flawed, complex and prone to human error, she is nevertheless uncompromising in her integrity. And as a conscientious airline pilot with exemplary stick and rudder skills, Captain Darby makes for an excellent roll model.

As a 20-year veteran of the Airbus-class flight deck, I can attest that the cockpit scenes are spot-on.

(Note to readers: these books are "Rated R," for graphic language, sex and violence. Nothing out of the ordinary for todays contemporary fiction market, but it is NOT a kids book!)

An excellent follow-up to the harrowing, Flight for Control.

To pick up SIGNED COPIES of her novels, visit her site at: http://karlenepetitt.blogspot.com

Or, read more reviews and buy them directly on Amazon: http://com/author/karlenepetitt

Related links:

Ms. Petitts blog about . . .

Flight for Safety—http://karlenepetitt.blogspot.com/p/flight-for-safety.html

Flight for Control—http://karlenepetitt.blogspot.com/p/flight-for-control.html

Can you Handle the Truth?
— http://karlenepetitt.blogspot.com/2014/02/can-you-handle-truth.html#sthash.D3i1yUjU.dpuf
Amazon page—http://com/author/karlenepetitt

PaxViews Review—http://paxview.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/flight-for-safety/

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POST-FLIGHT CHECKLIST

JOIN THIS SITE....................VERIFY.............................JOINED
COMMENT............................VERIFY.............................MADE
FACEBOOK...........................VERIFY.............................LIKED
TWITTER...............................VERIFY.............................TWEETED
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POST-FLIGHT CHECKLIST.......................COMPLETE!

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Related Capn Aux Posts:

Thats How I Blogroll!—http://capnaux.blogspot.com/2013/01/thats-how-i-blogroll.html
The Last Bush Pilots—http://lastbushpilots.com
My Most Memorable Flight—http://capnaux.blogspot.com/2013/06/blogformation-my-most-memorable-flight.html
My Favorite Aviation Bloggers—http://capnaux.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-favorite-aviation-bloggers.html
Best of Capn Aux 2013—http://capnaux.blogspot.com/2014/02/best-of-capn-aux-2013.html

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LINED UP & WAITING

Departing March 1

Blogging in Formation Week—Posts by your favorite Pilot-Bloggers!

—Smart Flight Training - Andrew Hartley
—Flight to Success - Karlene Petitt

—House of Rapp - Ron Rapp

—Adventures of Cap’n Aux - Eric Auxier

—iFLYblog - Brent Owens

—Mark L. Berry Blog

—tallyone.com - Rob Burgon

—project7alpha.com - Chip Shanle

Marchs theme:

Dealing with Passengers

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HOLDING SHORT

Can the Capn Top his viral "Livin the Dream" video?

Find out in

"Capn Dillons Ecstatic Adventure!"

Departing March 13

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I invite you to COMMENT, SHARE, TWEET, LIKE, EMAIL & +1 etc., below!

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Back home and some book covers

Just got back from my trip to Romania. I was there as one of the artists presenting there for the Behind the Iron Curtain workshop. I had a great time over there and it was a pleasure meeting everyone. I hope all the attendees got a little something from the workshop, it was quite the gathering of artists there. A big thanks to everyone, take care and maybe well meet again.

These are some book covers that just got released that I worked on. Misericorde is for a French publisher and the rest are for Wizards of the Coast. Showing both art with and without titles.