Tuesday!

Don't forget to turn in your book reviews and Philosophy Chapter 7!

And of course you're spending every free moment working on your Self-Portrait Poem. Voracious Vivek has promised us a fabulous poem and presentation on Thursday. I can't wait! Remember to decorate it, make sure it represents you, be creative and have fun with it. You will all present on Thursday but you do not have to present the entire poem if you're somehow feeling shy with the peers you've known since kindergarten --ahem--

Today was a big improvement over yesterday. Thanks for your great comments and suggestions about English class. I'm getting more and more excited about working with you and creating some great new norms that will make the class more rigorous and engaging. Feel free to email me with more thoughts on the class: battenbowman@gmail.com

You also got your Literature Circle books today. I think you all will really enjoy the self-led discussions. It seemed like most of you are already really excited about your books. Speaking of, does anyone have an extra copy of Fever? I think I want to read that one along with you all. Let me know if I can borrow it.

My next step is figuring out how to upload the new reading assignments to this blog so that you can have access to a copy with the right dates and with Pascal in the right group. You should have all five handouts for the various roles and if you do lose those they are on the blog ready for you to download.

Hasta manana!

emma