Overview from 12/8 and Assignment due 1/12

Today we took notes on book choosing strategies and started talking about good books from different genres. The notes are pictured below.

For our next meeting in January: Students should come to class with their journal AND the first book they are going to read that they chose themselves. This book should be FICTION and it should be within an appropriate Lexile Level Range. (See notes below)

Overview from 12/1 and Assignment due 12/8

Today I collected student journals when they showed up for the ISEE exam. I graded the journals while they were testing, and I gave them back when they finished the exam.

I COUNTED THE JOURNALS TODAY AS THE SIGNPOST TEST since I asked students to look for examples of each one that we learned in the remainder of the book.

FOR NEXT WEEK: students MUST bring their journal as we will take notes on book choosing strategies and how we will operate in the Spring semester.

They no longer need their "Blood, Bullets and Bones" book since we have finished (or should have) prior to our meeting today.