Please stay on top of renewing your books You will need them until Fall Break!

You have one week from today to begin reading your book and decide if you absolutely, positively, despise the book you chose. If you hate it, you have the week to change books and let me know. After a week, you’re stuck.

Build vital reading skills individually You will use these books throughout the activities in SpringBoard… …leading up to Embedded Assessment 2, where you will create a marketing campaign for your novel

Double sided entry journals Focusing on textual evidence & your analysis of passages from the text Weekly checks to keep you accountable for reading

Keep in the journal section of your binder Page 17 in Springboard has format and responses; keep in two columns down page. Responses include: I like/dislike because, I wonder why, the diction/imagery creates a tone of, this quotes show the narrator/character’s voice by, I predict that, I think the character should, This reminds me of the time when I… Textual Evidence (Quote/Passage from novel) Life of Pi Analysis/Question/Opinio n (What you have to say about quote) “Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?” ( ) This shows that the main character, Pi, has a strong voice who questions those who have trouble believing in the things that are unseen. The repetitive use of questions adds to Pi’s voice, who wants others to believe what he has seen; it’s as if he is pleading with them to open their minds to the possibility of what is out there.

Open Springboard books to page 13!

Get out your “name” essay. You will partner up and read your essay to your partner. Once finished, you will be interviewing your partner and asking them meaningful questions based upon the information you learned after hearing their “name” essay.

Think of FOUR questions you could ask your partner in order to learn more information about them. These should be open-ended questions! Look at numbers 3-5 on page 13 for clarification. Open-ended question: What does Suzy’s red scarf symbolize in chapter 3? Not an open-ended question: What color was Suzy’s scarf in chapter 3?

Time to interview your partner! Write down your questions on page 14. Take detailed notes in the allotted section to record your partner’s responses. After the interview, highlight three or four key points you thought were important.

You will be introducing your partner to the class. Look at numbers 8-9 on page 15 in order to prepare a good script. Once you complete 8-9, turn to the grammar and usage section of your binder!

Direction Quotations: Represent a person’s exact words. These words are enclosed in quotation marks. Example: Lauren looked at me and whispered, “I’m dying of hunger.”

Indirect Quotations: Restates the general meaning of what a person said. Quotation marks are not used with indirect quotations. Example: Lauren looked over at me and whispered that she was dying of hunger.

Finish writing your script. Make sure to use direct and indirect quotations! Introduce your partner.