Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                             Don't forget to bring a  composition book to use for this class  (and to leave in the classroom).   Also remember to bring something to write with every day. Have back-up pens and pencils in your backpack. No, not this kind!!! Would this make your writing more "a-peeling"?  Just regular pens and pencils would be fine! Quick book recommendations:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDflnqoZNaw Masterminds by Gordon Korman and from Overdrive:  Wings by Aprilynne Pike http://www.aprilynnepike.com/books

Targets for Today:  READ!   Learn about some books we might read as a class. Learn about ways to respond to books (and other literature).

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading Time: Choose your own materials 2. Respond to what you read:   In your composition book. 3. Create an appointment clock.  Appointments     On the very LAST page of your composition book, draw a big clock face with just the numbers -- no hands.   It should fill  a whole page. Move around the classroom to make "appointments" with other students.  Find one other student and pick a time on the clock face.   Near that number on the clock face, you will write your name on his or her clock and he or she will write his or her name on your clock.  Move on to another student and do the same thing with him or her.    Keep making appointments until all numbers have been used.   For each number on the clock you will have an "appointment"  with  one other student. 4. Share your responses. 5. Look at last time's post for more about the books we could read:  Thursday, January 14, 2016 6. Vote on books to read this semester.

If You Were Absent: See above.  Read for 20 minutes or more outside of class to make up the individual reading time.  Fill out a make-up reading form.

Teacher Materials: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/freshenglish/bookreportideas.html
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