Monday, January 25, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                    AND THE WINNERs ARE: 1. Stargirl 2. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 3. Walk Two Moons

Targets for Today: READ!  Learn about ways to respond to books (and other literature).   Read more from Stargirl.     Learn about the literary element of character.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading Time: Choose your own materials 2. Respond to what you read:   In your composition book.  Write about 1/4 to 1/3 page under Reading Response Log. 3. Share your responses.   Appointment partners   -- 7 o'clock Last time: 8 o'clock, 1 o'clock 4. Stargirl  -- Character --  Create organizers in your composition books: Make three of these – one for Stargirl, one for Leo, and one to fill in for other characters. Character Description Chart for ____________________________________________ What the character says, does, thinks What this shows about the character What others think and say about the character Character Description Chart for Various Other Characters What the character says, does, thinks What this shows about the character What others think and say about the character Hillari Kimble Kevin  Quinlant Archie Dori Cinnamon Wayne Parr Ron Kovac Anna Grimsdale Danny Pike Mr. Robineau Mr. McShane Mica High School Students

If You Were Absent: See above.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   AND THE WINNERs ARE: 1. Stargirl 2. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 3. Walk Two Moons

Targets for Today: READ!  Learn about ways to respond to books (and other literature).   Begin reading Stargirl.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading Time: Choose your own materials 2. Respond to what you read:   In your composition book.  Write about 1/4 to 1/3 page under Reading Response Log. 3. Share your responses.   Appointment partners: 8 o'clock                                            Last time:   1 o'clock 4.  Think and write about conformity and individuality.  Conformity is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms.  In your composition book, under "Reading Response Log,"  label your entry "Conformity,"  add today's date, and write to answer these questions: What does conformity look like at our school, in our community? Do you conform or not? How are you expected to conform?  Is it a problem or a plus when you don't conform. Explain your answers. 4.  Begin reading Stargirl.  ukelele music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI7okSixS1c Who is the narrator for Stargirl?  Next time -- plays based on the book -- movie cast?

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.

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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