READ ALOUD:  Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

WRITE:  Quickwrite #18 /notes – make notes while watching or respond after watching the New York TImes interviews below

READ:  Only Daughter – Sandra Cisneros

STUDY/CREATE:  Instructions & Passwords for BOOK CLUB #2  Padlet board work.  Click the appropriate link below or visit padlet.com and use the “good word” for the book you chose to read.  Then answer (thoroughly) any 4 of the questions between today 11/23 & end of day Sunday 12/6.  Be sure you are logged into Padlet so you name shows & you receive credit for your entries.  (Note: your posts won’t show up until Mrs. C approves them.)

• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han – alltheboys
• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline – marrowthieves
• Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez – barelymissing
• Internment by Samira Ahmed – internment
• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay – patronsaints
• Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena – mexicanwhiteboy
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez – mexicandaughter
• The Young Elites by Marie Lu – youngelites

TO DO:  Keep reading!!! (Other than catching up on whatever you might be missing – writing &/or notebook entries – it’s all I’m asking you to do over Thanksgiving break.)  Reading time w/ check-ins in class! 🙂

REMINDERS & UPDATES:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  This weekend would be a great time to make sure your notebook entries are caught up (and if they are digital, rename your Worddocs appropriately).

Enjoy your Thanksgiving time off.  See you next Monday!

TODAY – Complete the INDIVIDUAL READING RATE activity & GForm on GClassroom to check-in today.

OFFICE HOURS:  In the zoom from 9 – 12 & 12:30 – 2.  Stop in with questions, get help w/ writing or request a book to read.

BOOK CLUB #2:  Stay on target with your Reading Schedule (slides on GClassroom stream from Wednesday)

REMINDERS & UPDATES:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  This weekend would be a great time to make sure your notebook entries are caught up (and if they are digital, rename your Worddocs appropriately).

UPCOMING:  Next week – more BOOK CLUB #2 and (besides reading your book) a break for Thanksgiving Break.  You got this!!

READ ALOUD:  The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad

WRITE:  Quickwrite #17 – watch video “Muslims Read Hate Comments” and write in reaction or response

READ/STUDY:   The One Who Defines Me by Aisha Saeed 

SCHEDULES for BOOK CLUB #2 –  Barely Missing Everything, Internment, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Young Elites, Mexican Whiteboy, Patron Saints of Nothing, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, or The Marrow Thieves  (This is separate from your independent read, but it is OKAY to switch over for a couple of weeks if that’s what you need.  It is also OKAY to keep reading both your independent read AND your big group novel simultaneously.  Only you know you.)

Individual Break-Outs for reading time & teacher check-ins.   Exit ticket posting BEFORE you leave class.  Details in the ZOOM.

REMINDERS & UPDATES:  Don’t forget it’s not too late to complete writing that you skipped earlier in the semester.  Check out the page tabs at the top of the website to find MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 WRITING ASSIGNMENTS & MC LIT/ENGLISH 5-7 NOTEBOOK CHECKLIST.  This weekend would be a great time to make sure your notebook entries are caught up (and if they are digital, rename your Worddocs appropriately).

UPCOMING:  Friday OFFICE HOURS & a Reading Rate Update Activity for attendance/check-in.  Next week – more BOOK CLUB #2.

Visit the SIGN IT! padlet board and add your name as a comment on the appropriate post-it to indicated how many books you’ve read so far this semester.  YES, your books read for this course count! (as well as your independent reading).

WRITE:  Quickwrite #15 – watch the video 6 Photographers/1 Man below and then spend 3 minutes writing in response/commentary/thinking.

READ:  Read Aloud A Different Pond  by Bao Phi

NOTEBOOK:  Quickwrite #16 / notes – make notes while watching or respond after watching the New York TImes interviews below

READ:  “What Did My Mother the Chemist See in Betty Crocker – Celeste Ng

PAST DUE & LAST CHANCE:

• Writing 5 (the rap annotation) was due 11/15 (you can still add it to your Dropbox)
• FINAL DAY to give Mrs. C requests for BOOK CLUB #2 – starts Wednesday!!

Fill out the (fun) survey in GClassrroom to be counted present today.

OFFICE HOURS:  Mrs. C will be in the zoom all day (9am – 12pm & 12:30-2pm) if you need help, have questions, or just want to stop by. See me if you need help posting in padlet or need help with Dropbox.

DEADLINES:

• Get your BOOK CLUB #2 selection turned in ASAP.  Contact Mrs. C if you don’t know how to do this.
• WRITING 5 – Annotation – the due date (extended) is now end of day Sunday 11/15

NEXT WEEK:  We’ll start work for BOOK CLUB #2 and get reading!!