Wednesday, August 14, 2019

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Pick up these handouts:
Course Syllabus
Student Inventory
Chapters 1-3 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Learning Intention:
I will understand why we read literature.

Success Criteria:
I will be able to explain two benefits of reading and apply them to my life.

Agenda:
Lines and Blobs
John Green's Video: How and Why We Read

Explain two of the benefits of reading in a card to a seventh grade student and share some of your favorite books from last year with them. Get a bonus point if you can explain how one of those books helped you see things differently.

Turn it in when you are done and begin your homework.

Brainstorm annotation strategies & begin Ch. 1.

Homework:
Complete the Student Inventory
Read through the course syllabus and return it signed tomorrow
Read ONLY Chapter 1 of The Outsiders and add your annotations to mine in any way that makes sense to you.

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