Tough Questions

Lesson Recap:  Tough Questions help us spot the 'internal conflict'  : Half and Half (Read to the ***) section

Notice and note

Optional - Win +1 for writing a comment that states what the internal conflict is in your independent reading book. 

READING - You are expected to read over the weekend. This will be checked on Monday.

Friday Message. If you believe, you will succeed! - Optional: Leave a comment saying something that you want to work harder at over the coming weeks - win a +1

Have a great w/end.

A Ha Moments

Lesson Recap

N&N 

H/W READ - E/F & C/D classes only.

Make sure you have taken at least 2 'quality' sticky notes about your reading. (Due: THUR)

On Thursday, you will have your writing 'On Demand.' Make sure you come to class with an 'idea' for this writing piece. 

For Friday - Make sure you spend 5mins familiazing yourself with these ideas for our next read aloud Activating Schema
Easy 

• Lenin and Communism 

 Harder

• Communism
• Stalin
• Young Pioneers

H/W READ - E/F & C/D classes only.

Make sure you have taken at least 2 'quality' sticky notes about your reading. (Due: THUR)

Notice and Note Contrasts and Contradictions

Today's Session

Notice and Note

H/W - C/D & E/F CLASSES
Finish collecting 'contrasts and contradictions'  about The Giver - Ch.1. You should have approx. 6 correctly written sticky notes. 

G/H Class
Write one correctly written 'sticky' about an 'a ha' moment from Crash.  Who will win the 'sticky' challenge off?

The Crossover

No H/W tonight. Make sure you READ for at least 30minutes.

G/H class - Make sure you read Ms. Beltinck's blog for your work.

Optional
Leave a comment for a +point. What is an 'important' take away from today's  session with Kwame?

See Think Wonder

Digital Notebook

We learned how to transitive from avid readers (plot junkies) to interpretative readers. Great readers recongize that there has only ever been one plot ever written, "nothing is what it seems."

H/W

Make sure you bring your independent reading book to every class from now on.

Optional - Spend some time refining your question for our visiting author (Mon - C.D and E/F. Thur G/H block)

Optional - Win +1 if you copy/paste you question for our author into a comment. Remember - you will need to refine the question and make it succinct (find out what that word means!)

Lesson Recap

Student Sample

The Friday Message

Will you give up when it gets tough, or will you show patience and perseverance? Win +1 for leaving a comment!

Have a great w/end!