Book talk & Indie Read.  Set-up reading notebook info for spring semester, including establishing an initial reading rate.  Articles for response this week:  read article #1 and complete quickwrite-response (QWR) #3.

Be sure to straighten up Dropbox and submit writing for the SIUE contest.

Also note:  ALL English 8A students will meet at 8am on Thursday the 12th in room 271.  This will be a brief 10 minute meeting; then, you will return to your regularly scheduled class.