May the Phrase be With You

Goal: Socratic seminar on issues of privacy and responsibility while practicing paraphrasing and extending the conversation.

Agenda:
Read
Book check outs
Seminar 1
Seminar 2
Debrief

Phrases to help with paraphrasing: 
So you are saying that...
I heard you say... Was that right? 
So basically you think...because...
In other words I mean that...

Phrases to help with extending the conversation:
Say more about that...
How does that relate to...
How do you know...
What makes you think that...
Can you explain more about...
I'm still wondering about...
Will you elaborate on the part about...

Have a wonderful break! Relax, Reflect and Read!

Socratic Prep Day 2

Goal: Finish preparation for our Socratic Seminar tomorrow.

Agenda:
Read
Prepare for Socratic

Full Disclosure from Mrs. R: I got food poisoning last night and I am not in great shape this morning. Still I think you will be far more productive if I sit here and say. "Work on that," than if I have a sub come in and say, "Work on that." So, I'm here and you're working.

Socratic Seminar Tomorrow: 
Bring your preparation doc on paper. 
If you worked on it on the computer you are responsible for printing it out on your own. 
I offered you a paper copy on Tuesday. You can also get a digital copy HERE,

Reminders: 
Check out a good book to read over break. 
Return your group book to the library. 
Finish your Socratic prep. 

Something Special

Goals: Learn somethings about world geography, international news, global politics, and humanity.

Agenda:
Read
Set up your FanSchool account
Pick your countries

Set up your FanSchool Account: 

• Read these directions carefully. 
• You will set up your account with your personal email because you don't have email with your district account. 
• Use your real first and last name. (Don't test me on this one.)
• Pick a password you will remember. (I suggest Robertsisawesome, best password ever.)
• Go to FanSchool and set up your account. 
• You will need a "token" (code) to join our league. I will give you that in class. 

Draft: 

Get out your list of countries you've been keeping from watching and reading the news. 

Find out where they are. Try a MAP. 

Get ready to come up and pick your country when it is your turn. 

Continue to do research via news and maps as countries are picked. 

All the countries you think you want may be taken before it is your turn. 

Socratic Seminar Preparation

Goal: Beginning to prepare for a socratic seminar on Friday.

Agenda:
Read
Something Special
Socratic Seminar Preparation

Something Special
Take a look at some print news tonight.
I suggest the New York Times and the Associated Press. The resources here might be helpful too.
Make a list of countries again. Oh, and you might want to find out where they are.
Trust me you'll thank me tomorrow.

Socratic Seminar Preparation: 

• On Friday 12/16 we will be having a Socratic Seminar discussion in class.
• To prepare for the discussion you need to know "Undercover Parent" and "Big Brother Meets Big Mother" very well.
• I am giving you paper to organize your thinking. You can also get a digital copy HERE, but you must bring a hard copy to class on Friday 12/16. (If you use the Google Doc, you are responsible for printing it.)

Possible Sources for your Third Article:
SOURCE A: IS IT EVER OK FOR PARENTS TO CYBER-SPY ON THEIR KIDS?

SOURCE C: BIG MOTHER IS WATCHING YOU

SOURCE D: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO INTERNET SAFETY

SOURCE E: SEXTING TEENS CAN FACE LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES

SOURCE F: GENERATION LIKE (PBS VIDEO) 

SOURCE G: EYE ON THE CITY: DO CAMERAS REDUCE CRIME?

SOURCE H: WHEN IS IT LEGAL TO FILM PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION?

SOURCE I: SWEEPING AWAY A SEARCH HISTORY

SOURCE J: I'M BEING FOLLOWED: HOW GOOGLE-AND 104 OTHER COMPANIES-ARE TRACKING ME ON THE WEB

SOURCE K: IS YOUR SMARTPHONE TRACKING WHERE YOU GO?

SOURCE L: AMERICANS SHARPLY SPLIT ON PRIVACY ISSUES

Reminders: 
Friday we will be having a socratic seminar.
Check out your new book if you haven't already.
What are you reading over break?

Writing, Writing, Voting

"I find your culture of surveillance disturbing."

Goal: Reflecting on the issues in our reading and making a first attempt at a rhetorical precis.

Agenda: 
Read
Quick write
Something Special
Rhetorical Precis

Quick write: 
Open your English Journal (keep it open)
How does the picture on the blog today relate to the concepts we have been reading about in Undercover Parent and Big Brother Meets Big Mother? 

Something Special:

• Watch the national news tonight. 
• Make a list of the countries you hear mentioned. 
• Trust me, you'll thank me in a few days. 

Write your own precis: 

1. Open your English Journal (You left it open right?)
2. Open your copy of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother." 
3. Write a rhetorical precis of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother" by Ellen Goodman in your English Journal. 
4. Just FOUR sentences. 
5. Open b.socrative.com. Under STUDENT, enter room number 6867. 
6. Paste in your NEW rhetorical precis for "Big Brother Meets Big Mother" when you get the question. We will vote on them in a minute. 

Reminders: 

Watch the national news

Read your book

Finish your precis if you needed more time. 

SOAPSTone of "Big Brother Meets Big Mother"

Goals: Analysis with SOAPSTone

Agenda: 
Read
SOAPSTone

SOAPSTone:

• Work with your partner to complete the SOAPSTone activity for "Big Brother Meets Big Mother."
• Remember I am expecting high quality, accurate answers. 
• Choose your words carefully and proofread closely. 
• Your answers are only 2-3 sentences, so you have time to make sure they are excellent. 
• When you notice examples of ethos, logos, and pathos in the article highlight them. It will help you later. 

Reminders: 

Keep reading. 

Look for books you need to return or donate. 

Turn in your group novel. 

Do something tonight that will help you do better tomorrow. 

Quick quiz and a new reading

Goals: A quick assessment on rhetorical strategies and a first read of a new text.

Agenda: 
Read
Quick quiz, show what you know.
First reading of Big Brother Meets Big Mother

Quick quiz:
Just five questions to see if you have been thinking about your ethos, logos, and pathos learning.
Take the QUIZ, yes there is a password on it.

First read of a new text:
I think you're going to like Big Brother Meets Big Mother.
It is shared with you in your Google Drive.
Use the "Say Something" protocol with your partner.
Just try not thinking about ethos, logos and pathos as you read. I bet you can't help it.

Reminders: 

Keep reading. 

Look for books you need to return or donate. 

Turn in your group novel. 

Do something tonight that will help you do better tomorrow. 

Lots to learn today

Goal: Learn how to create a rhetorical precis.

Agenda:
Read
Practice from yesterday.
Learn what a rhetorical precis is.
Play unscramble the precis

1. A little practice with Ethos, Logos, and Pathos: 

Open Undercover Parent.

Re-read looking for examples of ethos, logos and pathos. Highlight the examples you find, but color code them: green for ETHOS, blue for LOGOS, andlavender/purple for PATHOS.

Compare what you find with your partner. 

2. Rhetorical Precis:
"A Rhetorical Précis, pronounced (pray-see), is a summary or abstract of a work. The Rhetorical Précis has a rigidly specific format.... It is important that you follow the format carefully. This is not an easy task. But it is a crucial step towards building critical reading ability...." (Oregonstate.edu)

Unscrambling a Precis: 

1. Use THIS LINK to get a copy of a doc with a rhetorical precis. (Do not share it.)
2. The sentences on this doc are out of order. 
3. Rearrange them until you have a correct precis. 

Reminders: 

Check out your new book if you haven't already. 

Return your group novel to the library. 

Persuasive appeals: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

Goal: Begin to understand ethos, logos, and pathos, while looking for examples in our reading.

Agenda:
Read
Order some pizza (sort of) 
Take some notes
Look for examples of ethos, logos, and pathos in Undercover Parent. 

English Journal Work:

Open your English Journal

Quick Write: Describe a time when someone wanted you to do something. How did they talk you into it? What did they say or do to convince you? 

Let's watch a video. Take notes in your English Journal as you watch. (I'll add the video link here later in case you need to see it again.)

Look for more examples: 

Open Undercover Parent.

Re-read looking for examples of ethos, logos and pathos. Highlight the examples you find, but color code them: green for ETHOS, blue for LOGOS, and lavender/purple for PATHOS.

Compare what you find with your partner. 

Reminders: 

Return your group novel to the library. They are now overdue. 

Charting the Text: Undercover Parent

Goal: Close analysis of Undercover Parent using the Charting the Text strategy for the first time.

Agenda: 
Read
English Journal Self Score
Learn about charting a text
Charting Undercover Parent with your group

1. Self Evaluate English Journals

1. Open your English Journal
2. Review the English Journal Scoring Guide. 
3. Determine how you would score your English Journal. 
4. PASTE this sentence below into the TOP of your English Journal and be sure it is complete. 

December 2, 2016 Self Score:          
I believe I have earned a ______ <<(Your score 1-5) on my English Journal because_______________________ _______________ <<(Your reasons you think you earned that score.) 

2. Charting the Text: 
Charting a text helps us understand the text better and shows us the structure of the argument.
Well educated readers can separate what the author is saying from what the author is doing.
This will not be easy at first. The struggle is worth it.

1. Open your copy of Undercover Parent in Google Drive. 
2. I'll give your group your charting organizers. 
3. Work together on each section. You need to talk it out. 
4. For each section determine what the author is saying first then what he is doing. (Do not move on to the next chunk until you have finished saying and doing for the one before it.)
5. Since you are new at this I filled in some of the boxes for you to help you figure it out. Read them. 
6. We are doing this one on paper, so if you are absent you will need to see Mrs. R for instructions and materials. 

Reminders: 

You should return your group novel to the library. 

Be sure your book review is finished and your English Journal is complete.
All regrade requests must be submitted by 2:30. 

Book review day

Goal: Novel project submissions and writing book reviews.

Agenda: 
Read
Novel project submission
Write book review
Catch up

1. Novel Project Submission:
Please complete THIS FORM to tell me about your project and submit the link if it is digital.

2. Write book review:

• Open your English Journal
• You should already have a book review there from your group novel. 
• Now write a new review for the other book you read for this grading period. 
• Be sure to follow the book review structure like the chart in the picture. Four Paragraphs. 

3. Catch up: 

• Is the book you are reading checked out to you? 
• Is your English Journal up to date? Is all of your work there your best work? Maybe you want to proofread a bit?
• Do you need to revise your memoir or visual memoir from earlier this semester? You can request a regrade on the tab above.

Reminders:
English Journals must be complete by tomorrow. We will do the self grade then.
Grading period ends Friday.

SOAPSTone for Undercover Parent

Goal: Our First Soapstone, learning a piece of rhetorical analysis.

Agenda:
Read
Reading Progress Survey
Be sure your book is checked out to you.
SOAPSTONE Preview
SOAPSTONE with a partner

Reading Progress Survey:
Complete the SURVEY to update me about your current reading.

SOAPSTone:
S - Subject / topic / issue of the text
O - Occasion - what is the context of the text?
A - Audience who is this written for? How do you know?
P - Purpose - why did the author write this? What is his/her goal?
S - Speaker - who is Coben? How do you know? What else can you find out?
Tone - sarcastic, humble, bitter, convinced, unsure, reasonable, angry, immature, educated?

SOAPSTone:
Open the Undercover Parent article I shared with you on Tuesday.
With your partner complete the SOAPSTone FORM.  (If you are absent you'll have to work on it on your own.)

Reminders: 

• Novel projects are due today unless you brought in a can for the food drive. Then you can have one extra day. 
• Tomorrow we write book reviews about the second book you read for this grading period. 
• Make sure your English Journal is complete. 
• Grading period ends Friday.

First read of Undercover Parent

Goals: First reading of Undercover Parent article using the "Say Something" protocol.

Agenda:
Read
Learn about the "Say Something" protocol.
First read of Undercover Parent

First Read of Undercover Parent: 

• This text is shared with you in Google Drive. 
• You will read it with a partner and use the say something protocol to check your thinking and understanding with each other as you go. 

Reminders: 

• Novel projects due TOMORROW. 
• Food Drive. We have a box for JROTC where you can drop off non-perishable, canned food. 
• Book reviews are happening in class on Thursday. You can pre-write them if you want to. 
• English Journals must be complete by Thursday. If you are missing anything there, get it done now. 
• This grading period ends on Friday. All regrade requests are due by 2:30 Friday. (Some of you may want to work on your memoir, your visual memoir, or other missing work.)
• Scroll to the very bottom of this blog and click the blue + sign at the bottom right side of the calendar. That will add this calendar to your calendar. 

Welcome Back: Lets Get Started

Goal: Exploring our initial thoughts and opinions related to teens and the internet.

Agenda:
Read
Quick Survey
Four Corners Discussion

Quick Survey: 

• To prepare for our next unit I would like you to think briefly about your opinions related to these topics. Please be as honest and accurate as possible. 
• Take the SURVEY

Four Corners Discussion:

Move to the corner of the room that best represents your thoughts about the statement. 

Reminders: 

• Book reviews are happening in class on THURSDAY. You can pre-write them if you want to. 
• English Journals must also be complete by Thursday. If you are missing anything there, get it done now. 
• This grading period ends on Friday. All regrade requests are due by 2:30 Friday. (Some of you may want to work on your memoir, your visual memoir, or other missing work.)
• Scroll to the very bottom of this blog and click the blue + sign at the bottom right side of the calendar. That will add this calendar to your calendar. 

Novel Project Progress

Goal: Making progress, catching up and preparing for our next steps.

Read:
Make sure you have a great book to read over break.

Novel Project Progress:
Use THIS FORM to give me an update on your novel project.

Catching Up: 

1. Most of you have the book review for your group novel completed in your English Journal. If not work on that first. 
2. What progress can you make today on your novel project? Is there anything you can do right now? 
3. Do you have a really good book to read over break? Next book reviews due 12/1/16. 
4. Still have time to spare. Try THIS. 

Unit Test

Goal: Taking a unit test about the things we learned while reading novels.

Agenda: 
Take the test
Read while others finish

Unit Test: 

• This TEST is designed to assess your ability to apply the concepts from this unit.
• Answer every question the best you can. 
• You can use your group novel for the last two questions. 
• If you would like a paper copy of the story on the test ask me for one. 

Read: 

• Make sure you have a very good book. Don't like your book? Ask for help finding a better one. 
• Be sure to CHECK OUT every book you take home. Yes, you can borrow more than one at a time. 
• Return books to the white crate at the front of the room. Add a small sticky note with your name when you return it to be sure I know who brought it back. (We have multiple copies of lots of books.)

Reminders:

• Finish your review of your group novel. I am grading those over break. 
• Don't waste too much time playing with Quick Draw. 

Review and Catch Up

TOMORROW. The test is tomorrow. 

Goal: Review and catch up.

Read:
You are reading your second book.
You have a good book that you want to read ready for Thanksgiving break.

Concepts to Review: 
During our Reading the Novel unit we covered a lot of concepts. Today we will review those concepts and tomorrow you will show that you can apply them.

The test tomorrow will ask you to read a short story and then answer questions about:

• Characterization
• Internal and external conflict
• Setting
• Imagery
• Sensory Details 
• Diction (word choice)
• Connotation and Denotation
• Plot
• Theme
• You will also need to be answer a few short answer questions about your group novel. You should bring the book to refer to. 

Let's Review: 

Go to https://join.quizizz.com and I'll give you the code to join our practice session.
If you want to play again at home click the link above and use code 281990. 

Catch Up: 

Is your book review of the group novel finished? We worked on it Monday and Tuesday, so you should be done or almost done. 

While you are there, check your English Journal. Are ALL of your assignments complete? 

Meeting Counselors, Finishing Book Reviews

Goal: Meeting with your counselor and working on your book review.

Read:

• Get your book out. You can read while you wait to meet with your counselor. 
• Which counselor are you meeting? Check the chart ^^^

Book Reviews:

• Yesterday you started working on a book review for your group novel. 
• Open your English Journal and work on finishing that.
• Check out your book if you started a new one from our classroom.  

Reminders:
Check your English Journal for any assignments you are missing or need to finish.
Unit Test Thursday. We will review on Wednesday.

Novel Project Ideas and Book Reviews

Goal: Generate project ideas and write book reviews

Read:
What will be your second book for this six-weeks?

Novel Project:

• On Thursday I showed you some examples of creative novel projects and we reviewed the guidelines for the Reading the Novel-Next Steps Project. 
• Today you will let me know what your INITIAL IDEAS are. 

Book Reviews:

• Now that you are done reading your group novel you are able to review the book. 
• Write it in your English Journal
• Use the four paragraph structure I showed you in September. 
• You can see an example HERE. 
• I'd like to be posting your reviews to Goodreads, but I don't know if you will be able to do that or not with your sandi.net accounts. You are welcome to try it, but write the review first in your EJ. 

Reminders: 

Tomorrow we visit the counselors. Bring a book. 

Thursday is your unit test. 

Finish your book review. 

End of the book quiz and next steps

Goal: Novel test and finish district literacy assessment.

#1 Novel Test: 

• Click HERE to access your novel test. 
• Complete the test using everything you know about the book. 
• The test has a password. You definitely have to be in class to take the test. 
• Your answers must be under 1200 characters. Make every word count. 

#2 Something Creative

• Reading the Novel-Next Steps Project
• Ideas due Monday

Reminders: 

Be sure your English Journal is up to date. 

Be ready for a multiple choice UNIT TEST next week.
Be ready to write a review of your group novel.
Be ready to visit the counselors on Tuesday. 

Getting into diction, author's choices, and theme.

Goal: Going deeper into magical realism by looking at diction, author's choices, and theme.

Agenda: 
Read
Partner challenge

With your partner: 

• Look again at the story you read yesterday in class. 
• You can still find the text HERE. 
• Together (one form, two names) complete THIS FORM of questions about the text. 

Reminders: 

• Keep reading. You need to finish your group novel by tomorrow.
• Quiz tomorrow about the end of your group novel.
• Check the calendar at the bottom of the blog for upcoming assessments.
• Be sure all your work is up to date in your English Journal.
• Bring back your media release form.

First reading of "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"

Goal: First read of A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

Agenda:
Read
First read of a new text

Reading: 

• A new text has been assigned to you in GoFormative. 
• You can find the text HERE. 
• Read and answer the questions as you read. 
• If you are new to our class you may need the class code. It is on a chart on the whiteboard under GoFormative. 

Reminders: 

• Keep reading. You need to finish your group novel by Thursday.
• Quiz Thursday about the end of your group novel
• Last chance to work on your Article of the Week from Friday. 
• Check the calendar at the bottom of the blog for upcoming assessments.
• Be sure all your work is up to date in your English Journal.
• Bring back your media release form.

Writing About Theme with Support

Goal: Explain how evidence supports the theme.

Agenda:
Read
Explain how your evidence supports the theme

Explain your Evidence: 

1. Open your English Journal, add today's date at the top. 
2. Open the Theme Organizer document your team was working with on Thursday and Friday. 
3. Copy and paste in ONE theme and one set of quotes from your book. 
4. Write a paragraph in which you explain/defend how this theme is relevant to your book. Use the evidence/quotes you found on Friday to support your points. Explain how that evidence supports the theme. 

Theme Paragraph Frame: (You can change this to fit what you are trying to say.)
An important theme in ...(book title)... is that (....................theme..............) The events of the novel support this theme because............ For example on page ..... it says that ".......(quote from the book)......" This shows that....... because....... Another moment from the book that reveals the theme is when....... Which is why ...... says/does....  ".....(quote)....." All of this means that.... 

Homework: 
Complete the Article of the Week from Friday by TONIGHT, or you won't be able to later as those resources will change.
Finish reading your group novel before Thursday the November 10th.
Check the calendar at the bottom of the blog for upcoming assessments.
Be sure all your work is up to date in your English Journal.

Lots to do today

Goals: Reading progress, "AOW" and catching up.

Release forms: 
Occasionally people like to visit our classroom to see how we use our computers, collaborate on projects, etc. Sometimes they like to bring cameras. I want to be sure I know parent/guardian preferences about students being in pictures and videos. Today I am sending home a letter and release forms. Please return them asap. Thank you.

Reading Progress Survey:
Please complete the SURVEY to give me a snapshot of where you are as a reader today.

Article of the Week:
Yesterday I showed you what a mail in ballot looks like and answered your questions about the election. it was clear from the brief discussion that many of you want to know more. So your AOW this week is about digging into what you want to know.

• I'm providing some links below. 
• Examine one or more of them closely. 
• Write two paragraphs in your English Journal. The first should be about what looked at and what you found. The second should be what you think about what you found. 

KPBS Voter Guide: Enter your address and look at the section about the 31 ballot measures. 

FiveThirtyEight Election Forecast: Examine the maps, graphs, and articles here to learn more about the statistics in the election. 

Visit the Official Voter Information Guide from the state of California. Use the box on the left to navigate to the propositions and learn more about one that interests you. 

Catch Up: We started several things this week with your groups that you didn't quite finish. Your character conflicts silhouette and the theme organizer you started yesterday still need some work. talk to your group about how you will get those finished and ready for next week. 

Character goals lead to theme conclusions

Goal: Apply what you learned in your last lesson on theme to the book you are reading as a group.

Agenda:
Read
Review Theme
Theme work with your group

Theme work with your group:

• Have ONE person in your group get a copy of your theme organizer. 
• That person needs to rename it correctly, share it with everyone in the group, and share it with Mrs. R. 
• Work as a group to complete the organizer. Divide the work evenly. 
• Remember you need evidence to go with your themes. 
• I will look at the revision history to see who completed what. 

Character Drawing:

• Some teams still need to finish your character drawing from yesterday. 
• Do you have both internal and external conflicts?
• Are they in the right places?
• Does it look good? (Never underestimate the power of good looking work. 
• You can get creative with colors, fonts, and props for your character. 

Homework: 

Keep reading. 

Keep an eye on those conflicts your character is facing and how he or she deals with them. Flag them when you see them in your book. 

Be on the lookout for new conflicts that suddenly arise in the middle of the book. 

Keep adding predictions to your predictions chart. 

Keep thinking about how all of this supports the theme(s) you worked on today. 

Characters in conflict

 Goal: Developing a deeper understanding of characters and the conflicts they face.

Agenda:
Read
Quick write
Character drawing

Quick Write:

• Open your English Journal. Add today's date at the top. 
• Prompt: 
• Consider a character from your group novel. 
• What problems does that character have? 
• Write about those problems. 
• Try to come up with at least three things your character is worried about or dealing with. 

Character Drawing:

• Choose a character captain in your group. 
• Have that person click HERE to get a copy of "Character."
• Share it with the people in your group and Mrs. R.
• Name it period, color, book title.  So: 3 Blue Saint Iggy
• I have to give you the rest of the directions for this in class. If you are absent you're missing all the fun.
• Types of Character Conflict. 

Homework: 

Keep reading. 

Keep an eye on those conflicts your character is facing and how he or she deals with them. Flag them when you see them in your book. 

Be on the lookout for new conflicts that suddenly arise in the middle of the book. 

Keep adding predictions to your predictions chart. 

Reflecting and Predicting

Goals: Reflecting on our assessment process. Predicting next steps in group novels.

Read: 
Never underestimate the power of reading.

English Journal Quick Write: 
Last week you made a quiz, took a quiz, and yesterday you scored a quiz. Write about it.

1. What did you learn in that process? 
2. What do you know now about your book, your group, yourself, or assessments in general that you didn't know before? 
3. What will you do differently the next time you take (or make) a quiz? 

Evaluate your quiz: 
Open the quiz you made last week.
Take a look at the kinds of questions you asked.
Using the chart below rate each of your questions on the depth of knowledge chart.

Prediction Chart: 
On Friday (10/28) you added a prediction chart to your English Journal.
Have you worked on that since then?
You have read more of your book now. What new predictions do you have?

Novel Prediction Chart
My prediction	Evidence from the text that makes me think this. (Use sentences from your book that lead to your prediction.)

Happy Halloween: We've got work to do

Goals: Assessing our assessments and looking at credibility.

Reading:

• We always read. 
• By the end of this week you should be 3/4 done with your group novel. 
• I know many of you are already finished or nearly finished, be sure you have your second book ready to read. 

Assessment Review: 

• You get to take a look at how people did on that quiz you made. 
• You will report the results to me, but I will combine your results with others before I assign any grades. 
• Go to Google Classroom and look for a new assignment there to begin the process. 

Assessing Credibility: (If we have time.)

• We hear, read, and see a lot of information these days, but how do you know you can trust the information you are getting? 
• A lot rides on the credibility of the person sharing the information. 
• Lets watch part of a video and look at the credibility of the people presenting the information. 

Reminders:

• Stay safe. Lots of people make some really bad decisions on Halloween. Don't be one of them. 
• Check your English Journal for work you need to finish or make up. 
• Revise your memoir or the visual memoir slides if you would like to improve them. 

Let's see what you know...

Goal: Take a quiz, or two or three.

Read:
By today you should be halfway through your group novel.
You should also have a good idea of what your second book will be for this grading period.

Take a Quiz:
Select a quiz below that is not from your period. Take that quiz first.
Select up to two more quizzes and take those too.
Pro tip: Don't take quizzes on books you have not read.

	Red	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Purple
Period 2	Pull of Gravity	Vivian Apple At The End of the World	Pull of Gravity	Pull Of Gravity	Saint Iggy	Saint Iggy
Period 3	Pull of Gravity	Vivian Apple At The End of the World	Pull of Gravity	Pull of Gravity	Saint Iggy	Saint Iggy
Period 5	Pull of Gravity	Catcher in the Rye	A Wrinkle in Time	Lord of the Flies	Saint Iggy	Saint Iggy
Period 6		Vivian Apple At The End of the World	Catcher in the Rye	Pull of Gravity	Saint Iggy	Saint Iggy

#RainbowsAreAwesome

Novel Prediction Charts:

1. Open your English Journal. (Check to see if you might be missing anything and make a plan to catch up on that later.)
2. At the top add today's date. 
3. Insert a table. It should be two columns wide and six rows down. 
4. Add two predictions about your book, now that you are halfway through it. 
5. Add evidence (sentence or two) from the book that lead you to that prediction. 
6. Continue to add predictions and evidence to your chart as you read the rest of the novel. 

Novel Prediction Chart
My prediction	Evidence from the text that makes me think this. (Use sentences from your book that lead to your prediction.)