Weekly Homework: Read a half hour each night.  Complete three annotations as a minimum.
Focus one annotation on theme, and one on foreshadowing.  Annotations will be graded on Thursday. Set a goal of 100 pages a week and see how close you can come to it.
As you finish a text, you need to write a paragraph of thematic analysis which explicates the most significant theme in your novel.


Monday 9
Independent Reading
Week Two Homework Reminder
Book Fair
Parent Teacher Conferences

Tuesday 10
Small Group Shared Read:
Lamb to Slaughter by Roald Dahl
How does Foreshadowing create suspense?

Wednesday 11
Independent Reading of Shared Text:
A Dip in the Pool or The Way Up to Heaven
Assign Think In Threes Essay: Essay of Literary Comparison
Essay due November 16th.
Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday 12
Independent Reading:
Share Annotations with small group.

Welcome to Quarter Two
Students independent reading journals will be evaluated on a weekly basis.  The minimum weekly expectation is three quality annotations and four nights of reading for at least a half an hour at home.

Due to a significant number of students who struggle to turn work in, I will immediately enter a zero for a student that is present in school but does not submit an assignment.  This does not mean, I will not accept late work but it will hopefully encourage students to be more timely with their work.

We will be attending the BookFair on Monday, November 7th and 9th.

Parent Teacher Conferences are Monday, November 7th and Wednesday, November 9th from 3:00-7:00 pm.

There is no school Friday, November 4th and Friday, November 11th.