Video:  “The Book Was Better?” w/ John Green.  Book/Movie trailers: If I Stay by Gayle Forman, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (Love, Simon), Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, Divergent by Veronica Roth. Indie read & work on Dropbox folders.

To Do:

• Read something awesome!

Banned books video – 7 recommendations from littlebookowl.  Indie read.  Set-up DropBox accounts using gmail and chromebooks.

To Do:

• Complete the set up and share of your Dropbox folders.
• Keep reading!

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #8:  “How the Hood Loves You Back” by Steven Willis.  Finish Jason Reynolds’ Long Way Down.

To Do;

• Keep up on notebook entries if you’ve missed some
• Keep reading!

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #7:  Favorites Lists – movies/tv, food, people, songs/musical artists.  Long Way Down continued.

To Do;

• Keep up on notebook entries if you’ve missed some
• Read something — ANYTHING!

BBW video:  Top 11 most challenged books of 2018. Book talk & Indie read.  Read: Continue Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.

To Do:  read something cool

Book talk &  Indie read.  Quickwrite #6:  Indie read ?s.  Continue reading:  Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds to p.106.

To Do:

• Catch up on our class novel – IF you missed class yesterday, check out a book from Mrs. C to get caught up.
• Read something awesome!

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #5:  Rules.  Begin reading:  Jason Reynolds’ Long Way Down pages 1 – 50.

To Do:

• Read something awesome!

Reminder:  TOMORROW is the last day to bring Mrs. C post-its and/or scotch tape if you’d like late HW passes in exchange (max 2 per student)

Book talk & Indie read.  Group discussions about the notebook entries you made YESTERDAY on a poem you chose (from the 3 offered).  Share why you chose to write about this poem and just see what discussion occurs.  Watch video:  “Dear Dreamer” w/ Jason Reynolds.

Upcoming:  TOMORROW we will start reading a novel by Jason Reynolds. 🙂

Reminder:  Two more days to bring Mrs. C post-its and/or scotch tape if you’d like late HW passes in exchange (max 2 per student).

Book talk & Read aloud.  Quickwrite #4:  What’s in the box?  Poetry intro.  Watch video of “Poetry” by Marianne Moore read by John Green.  Class activity/study:  read 3 poems (add them to your notebook), choose one and write about it on the facing page.  Consider questions like:  what’s worth talking about?  what surprised you?  what are you thinking now?  what does it remind you of?

To Do:

• Complete the writing about 1 of the 3 poems FOR CLASS TOMORROW (about 1/2 page – should take 10 to 15 minutes max).
• Read something wonderful!

Reminder:  If you’d like late HW passes, bring Mrs. C post-its and/or scotch tape no later than Friday 9/20 (max 2 per student).

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #3:  Missing spoons?  Read Like a Writer:  intro to concepts and class practice w/ Where the Wild Things Are (in notebook).

To Do:

• Read something interesting!