Well, today's class went by pretty fast since we had a four core rotation. We got in, and started on SSR, buuuuut, some people opted to start with discussions instead*. So we all pulled out our notebooks, and wrote in assignment #19, "Discussion Prep 4". Once that was done, we flipped back to assignment #18, "Discussion Prep 3, and added some more good stuff onto that page. Ortega added elaborated onto what we wrote in last time, explaining some good things to look out for when preparing discussions. After this was all said and done, we moved on to our Membership Grid and discussed our favorite movies in our literature circle groups! I don't know about everyone else's, but my group's discussion was pretty interesting! ("Up" is my favorite movie!)We moved directly into Literature Circle discussions from there, and stopped right around 20 minutes till class was over to allow time for SSR. Some people decided they wanted to keep discussing, so Mrs. Ortega allowed some to continue. Then class was over!
*Mrs. Ortega let me know that we would be keeping SSR to the beginning of class, as many lost interest in reading right before lunch.
Important things to remember / Homework:
- If you've noticed that the Poetry Out Loud grade you received on your grading sheet reads something different than that of your progress report, let Mrs. Ortega know. She is aware she made a mistake, so let her know if yours has a problem!
- Read your LC books, and prepare 4-8 open-ended-ish questions for discussions on Monday!
- Make sure you let Mrs. Ortega know if you've finished a book, so we can win a house point!
- Work on your writing workshop pieces continuously, and have somewhat of a first draft to submit for peer review by next Wednesday.
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