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//Silent reading// //Remember the response piece. I'll be checking tomorrow.// //Review the word sheet hand out from yesterday, as well as the checklist.// //Sensory imagery example...do this together.//
 * //18 October//**
 * //17 October//**

//Silent reading//

//Silent reading response assignment -- due for homework check on Wednesday://

//What development has your protagonist gone through?// //Please complete this question and place it with the previous silent reading questions you were given.//

//Why did you choose this specific book? Even if the answer is "uuuuh...I had to for English....", there must be something that helped you make a choice. No book was forced on you.// //What connections can you make between the book and yourself? Even if it is not like your life at all, you can make a connection.// //What style or genre is your book? How do you know?// //Find one or two lines from your book that you find very interesting. Make it one that really epitomizes the spirit of your book.// //Today...reading next chapter (13?) aloud.// //Continue work on memoir. Should have a rough outline and thoughts by now.// //Beginning -- the 5 W's and conflict// //Middle -- the events and climax// //End -- resolution; how does this story wrap up?//


 * //12 October//**

//Silent reading.//

//Complete chapter 12 aloud//

//Discuss memoir.// //* personal memory// //* true story// //* vivid detail// //* demonstrates a lesson you have learned// //* covers a short time frame//

//Think of a time where you were forced to make a difficult decision. If you choose one way, you could potentially achieve something you want, but which may not be good for you -- the easy way out. Choose another way and you could lose something you worked hard for. Which way did you choose? Did you learn anything by it? If so, what? Has the outcome affected you or your life?//

//Brainstorm / free write due for tomorrow.//





//I should demo...//

//* move to BC without a job or any money// //* career in teaching even though i was all set to go to journalism school// //* climb a pyramid even though i'm afraid of heights//


 * //11 October//**


 * //Miss Kandy to find a Chicken Soup book//**

//Silent reading (20 minutes)//

//Preview to the next few chapters...// //* Alfred has had progress. Training is developing, and the initial pain has subsided.// //* Goes to clubhouse...why?// //* Why is Alfred getting frustrated?//

//Read chapters 11 and 12.//


 * //For tomorrow://**


 * //15 October//**

//Free for all Friday...hand out portfolios//

//OPTIONS:// //1. Silent reading and book talk prep...these begin on Monday. Volunteers?// //2. Begin constructing ideas and arguments for essay.//

//Movie for 2nd half.//


 * //13 October//**

//Silent reading -- hand out portfolios.//

//Review essay and the importance of PROCESS...and brainstorm a list of American conflict areas.//

//Your job today is to examine and research conflicts in which the US military has been involved and develop a strong thesis based on the essay question.//

//* Make your own notes and keep them in your portfolio.//

//* Do an EFFECTIVE brainstorm.//

//* By the end of the class, you should be able to develop a thesis statement and rough idea as to where you want to go with your work.// //Silent Reading -- book talks begin next Monday// //Journals return on Thursday// //Assign formal essay and explain. Tomorrow we have the laptops to do some research for this.// //Reading...// //For and against Iraq War//
 * //12 October//**



//Watch more of movie...decide on a section of the book just shy of the end. Need to finish this asap.//