Happy Wednesday, 8/29/2012! Day 6—Reading
When You Come In
·
Initial attendance on the clipboard on the front table.
·
Pick
up a handout for the new vocab words.
New Vocabulary
·
Tenacious
·
Pacify
Vocabulary Review
Picture Quiz
On a sheet of notebook
paper:
1.
Write “PICTURE QUIZ #1” at the top.
2.
Date it with “8/29”.
3.
Number from 1-25.
·
To
augment (verb)
·
Novice
(noun)
·
Adversity
(noun)
·
Circuitous
(adjective)
·
Haughty (adjective)
·
Resilient
(adjective)
·
Tenacious
(adjective)
·
To
Pacify (verb)
Strategy Practice with Bookmark Journal #1—Purpose Explanation
1.
Make a PREDICTION. (Postponed to Thursday/Friday; we spent a
long time on the vocab.)
2.
Consider the meaning of the TITLE. (Do this one—last space on your BMJ#1
sheet—today).
3.
We
had thirty full minutes to read.
Normally, I’m giving you fifteen extra minutes today during
Read-and-Relax. This will give you time
to READ, THINK, and WRITE.
Read and Relax
·
Get your reading log (pink sheet) and your reading book
(reading log).
·
Fill it out.
·
Read and enjoy your just-right book for thirty minutes!
Other Information
1.
Let me know if/when you finish a book. We’ll have a book chat in the hallway (three
questions and a book rating). Thanks!
2.
Please let me know if you want a recommendation on what to
read next.
3.
Finally, should we
group books according to topic, instead of genre?
a.
Sports/
b.
Short, quick reads
c.
Biographies
d.
Romance
e.
Outdoors
f.
Vampires
g.
Science Fiction
Last Four Minutes of
Class (9:31-ish)
1.
Complete
your pink daily reading log
a.
time
ended
b.
page
ended
c.
TOTAL
PAGES READ.
2.
Rate
yourself. (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
3.
Put
your pink sheet and book over on the table where it was when class started.
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