literature circle

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Learning Goals:
I am learning to…
make interpretations from reading, ask critical questions, uncover perspectives, and engage in conversations to form conclusions;
use a variety of listening strategies to understand information and ideas;
use my understanding of the text to help me participate more effectively in group discussions;
identify and explain my evidence of learning.

Lit circle meeting #1 and Literature Self-reflection

Review FNMI Conversation document. Choose 1 student entry to respond to.

Read student blogs and comment on them. Add to your blogging page

Add all comments to your blog comment page. Add the Online Comment Rubric to your blog comment page, so that you can continually assess your progress.

Finally, complete Unit 2: Investigating Media Activity 1 and 2.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Learning Goals:
I am learning to…
make interpretations from reading, ask critical questions, uncover perspectives, and engage in conversations to form conclusions;
use a variety of listening strategies to understand information and ideas;
use my understanding of the text to help me participate more effectively in group discussions;
identify and explain my evidence of learning.

Today is a short day, so get organized for your literature circle meeting quickly. You want to ensure 40 minutes for your conversation. Your group folders are on the back shelf. Please place all the question cards and completed Reader’s Journal in the folder.

When you have finished your discussion, please complete the Literature Circle Self-Reflection and post it to Sesame.

Tomorrow we blog.

Have fun!

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Learning Goals:

  • make interpretations from reading, ask critical questions, uncover perspectives, and engage in conversations to form conclusions;
  • use a variety of listening strategies to understand information and ideas;
  • use my understanding of the text to help me participate more effectively in group discussions;
  • identify and explain my evidence of learning.

Blogging update
1. Show Dashboard–>Reader–>Comments–>Private comments;
2. Set up a “Blog Comments” page and share with me via Assignment Submission page;
3. Review Comment Rubric;
4. Post 2 comments to blogs and copy and paste to your comment page.

Assessment Conferences

Literature Circle #2