Make the Most of your Monday!

Block A: Your next group meeting for your novel is tomorrow! Make sure that you have your reading and sticky notes done. Your 2 journal entries are due on Thursday May 11. Make sure you are on track with the criteria!

Blocks B&D: Please complete the questions to ask of a poem for "High School Training Ground." We'll synthesize our responses tomorrow. You also need to start thinking about your poet and project - how are you going to bring a poem to life?

Fabulous Friday

Block A: Great first literature circle meeting today! If your group did not finish the discussion log or task of the day - you will have some time on Monday to finish up. Make sure you are keeping up with the reading and sticky notes for Tuesday's meeting as well as the journal assignment (2 entries) that are due on Tuesday, May 11.

Blocks B&D: Homework over the weekend is the acrostic poem that you've started on your silent reading novel. On Monday you will hand in the rough draft, the good copy (typed or hand-written in pen) and the salmon-coloured criteria sheet.

Thoughtful Thursday

Block A: Homework tonight is to complete the reading that your group has decided upon and to make sure all of your sticky notes are finished. You must have 3 sticky notes per chapter with evidence of using the reading strategies in order to participate with your group.

Blocks B&D: Homework tonight is to finish the questions to ask of a poem. There are 9 questions - each with some subquestions for further consideration. Please answer the 9 main questions, and if you have further thoughts on the subquestions - then go for it!

Here is the poem from today:

Wondering about Wednesday?

Block A: Today we finished reading "The Sniper" and practicing our reading strategies. I look forward to reading your reflections and reading goals for this unit. I then handed out the books and revealed the groups and you set the readings for each meeting. You have your first group meeting on Friday - so you need to have completed the reading your group decided on. If you don't do the reading, or don't complete your sticky notes, you will have to sit by yourself and complete boring seat work. So do your reading and sticky notes!!!

Block B: Please finish the purple sheet of poetry terminology for tomorrow's class.

Block D: No homework!

Totally Tuesday!

Block A: Today we reviewed 4 key reading strategies that we will be using during our novel study unit. We started to practice them using a short story - but we ran out of time at the end of class. We will finish up the rest of it tomorrow. No homework tonight!

Blocks B&D: If you didn't finish the self/peer evaluation in class today please do so for homework. Study for the quiz on short story terms! It is a very short quiz - know your terms and you will be fine!

Fabulous Friday!

Block A: Today you took some time to reflect on the Core Competencies and how you have demonstrated them in our Great Poetry Unit. I then introduced the novel options for our lit circle groups this semester. I will do my best to give you one of your top selections - but I can't make any promises!!! There is no homework this weekend!

Blocks B&D: Wow what a mad scramble at the end. It is the worst when technology works against us instead of FOR us!!! But it's over now - the analysis projects are done - and we get to enjoy them on Tuesday. Study the green sheet of short story terminology and your plot lines in preparation for the quiz on Wednesday.

Thoughtfully Thursday:

Block A: Phew! Essays are done... almost. If you need extra time to finish up your essay - you can come in at lunch tomorrow.

Blocks B&D: It looks like most people need a little more time to put together their presentations - so you will have until the end of the block tomorrow. This means we will present on Tuesday - but you will hand your project in on Friday at the end of class.