Thursday & Friday - We've got a lot going on!

We will spend two periods (one block) in class, one period with Mr. Goldstein as he gives booktalks, and one period in the LMC for orientation and time to browse and check out books.

In class, we first completed a sequence of events sheet for Freak the Mighty. Then we took these events and others and played our own version of Pictionary. Our last structured summer reading activity (more come later, but in correlation with our Literature book) was a quick write - "Why do we have a summer reading program?" We shared and discussed. We then did a sketch-to-stretch with the first chapter of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. (Hopefully these quick one-chapter introductions will entice students to check out the books!) We also started our "Next" page in our notebooks. It is here we will start our list of books we'd like to read, or at least try.

Homework:
* Create a Wordle (for use in the LMC Friday). Follow Tasks 1, 2, 3, & 4 at this site: http://www.informationliteracy.org/builder/1845 for a chance for fishies tomorrow. (My Wordle picture is here on this post...)
* Bring your "Next" list to class.
* Read for one hour total over the weekend.