Wednesday,+December+1

Book Trailer of the Day (5 mins)
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Bell Ringer (15 mins)
Group brainstorming- Each student needs to put at least 1 idea for a thINK on a wallwisher.

Click the links for a few ideas! Or, you might think of ideas you can get from your novels! CNN Hero of the Year nominees 2010 The Learning Network- Student Opinion Opposing Views- opinion pieces about current events (everything from politics to Jersey Shore)

Read Aloud (10 mins) Read a student thINK post.
Discuss structure and look at outline.
 * Marie- novel
 * Emily B- article
 * Tabitha- Video Author Interview
 * Addy- author quote/passage from text
 * Kinsey- Magazine article

Mini-Lesson (15 mins)
Putting Goodreads on your blog Make a new shelf for this term. Put this shelf on your blog. Reminders:
 * 1) You should have a review for each of the "6" books for this term. I use these to count your independent reading, along with journals and book logs.
 * 2) Each review should contain a SHORT SYNOPSIS, a STORY GRAMMAR THAT YOU CAN DISCUSS (a character, the conflict, point of view, etc... Think like an English teacher for a couple sentences!), WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THE BOOK, and WHO YOU WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO.

Individual Reading Time/Writing Time (40 mins)
Update reviews on Goodreads. Begin working on a thINK post. Use the outline and the checklist to make sure that your essay gets an A!

==Share (5 mins) == What are some of your thINK topics?

Homework
thINK 4 due by Wednesday, December 8th! Make sure to be reading and doing journals/book logs! 3B- You are due an in-class journal check! 4B already had one Monday!