Monday: January 14, 2013

What a day! Those sophomores had good mascots, right?! Alright, onto this. (Sorry this is so late >.<)

Game Plan:

• SSR
• LC Contract (Share Out)
• LC Discussions 

We did SSR for the first half of the class and Lit Circle for the other half. Mrs. Ortega made us share what we think makes a good Lit Circle Discussion. (Or how we can improve it.) Here are a few pointers my group members and I wrote down:

• Read your book
• Prepare for your next discussions
• Understand what you're reading or help your group members understand
• If you cannot connect to your character(s) very well, try to put yourself in their shoes and see what the situation was like in the perspective
• Be respectful! 

After we wrote these down, all our group members had to sign our notebooks to make sure we stick to these points.

Assignments we added to the notebook:

• A# 59 - LC Discussion Prep. #3: Write down any quotes/questions/or any type of conversation starter so you can be successful in keeping a good discussion in your Literature Circle. 

If you need the Lit Circle Assignment due dates: 

1. January 10th 
2. January 14th
3. January 17th
4. January 22nd
5. January 24th
6. February 4th 
7. February 7th
8. February 11th 
9. February 14th 
10. February 19th 

Well, I guess that's all for now! See you Wednesday. :D

-Jessica Bustamante