📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

READ/STUDY: “10 Things I’ve Been Meaning to Say to You” by Jason Reynolds – click to read + notice how this piece is put together

🖋️ Quickwrite #19: LIST (from your life) – important people + why

UPCOMING: Writing #2 – “10 Things . . . ” due in GClassroom no later than end of school day on Friday 10/13 (time for writing in class the rest of this week)

📖 Book Talk x 2 & Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone – A word from AGM (p. 324) – CHS 36 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

🖋️ Quickwrite #18: Final Impressions – Jackpot

UPCOMING: Writing #2 Assignment – info tomorrow 🙂

VIDEO: “On the Banning of Looking for Alaska” – John Green (vlog brothers April 12, 2016)

📖 Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 32 (p. 298) – 34 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

VIDEO: ABC News “Author (George M. Johnson) Speaks Out Amid Surge in Efforts to Ban Books in Schools and LIbraries” (September 20, 2022)

📖 Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 30 – 32 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

VIDEO: Now This News “Authors are speaking out about attempts to ban their books” (December 24, 2021)

📖 Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 27 (p. 248) – 29 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

VIDEO: PBS Newshour “Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech” (Mar. 10, 2022)

📖 Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #17: Cover Art? Check out the cover of Jackpot. Does it “work”? Why or why not? What could be done differently (or why does it fit just right)? Explain.

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 26 – 27 (p. 248) (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

🖋️ Quickwrite #16: Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 (ALA) – Your thoughts? (click the link to check them out)

📖 Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 24 – 25 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read

Open eBooks codes (see Mrs. C if you missed class): access to tons of great books online for FREE 🙂

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 21 (p. 186) – 23 (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #15: Next? If you were writing Jackpot, what would happen next? To Rico? Zan? the lotto money? the little old lady? etc.?

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 19 (p. 168) – 21 (p. 185) (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

PAST DUE: Writing #1 – Thinking beyond Dear Martin was due in GClassroom was due last MONDAY (and you CAN STILL turn it in!!!)

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/READ: Jackpot by Nic Stone Chapters 18 – 19 (p. 168) (find the text on GClassroom – read in class with audio)

PAST DUE: Writing #1 – Thinking beyond Dear Martin was due in GClassroom was due last MONDAY (and you CAN STILL turn it in!!!)