1. Personal Choice Reading Get out your Personal Choice Reading (PCR) book and start in. We’ll have 15-20 minutes to read today. Get out your Personal Choice Reading (PCR) book and start in. We’ll have 15-20 minutes to read today. Need a new book? Explore the class library and find one. Check out your book on the library clipboard. Need a new book? Explore the class library and find one. Check out your book on the library clipboard.

2. Did anyone finish a book since last class?

3. Talk about books… Turn to a partner and share what you wrote about in your journal last night. You will turn in your journals on Friday for review. This is a standard. You should have at least 10 reading entries using a variety of symbols by then.

4. Expanded Options Classes If you are interested in taking Expanded Options classes at OCCC, you need to take the Compass test. Get a form from me and return it to Reyna in the Counseling Center by 10/13. If you are interested in taking Expanded Options classes at OCCC, you need to take the Compass test. Get a form from me and return it to Reyna in the Counseling Center by 10/13. The test is October 14 th at NHS West Lab from 1- 3:20pm. The test is October 14 th at NHS West Lab from 1- 3:20pm. The school will pay for you to take it! The school will pay for you to take it!

5. SOCRATIC SEMINAR: RESULTS Expect to be graded harder than you graded yourself. Expect to be graded harder than you graded yourself. Some thoughts on… Some thoughts on… Marking up an article—must be more than just symbols, must “show your thinking” Marking up an article—must be more than just symbols, must “show your thinking” Constructing questions—Many level 1 questions were actually level 2 Constructing questions—Many level 1 questions were actually level 2 Your Own Evidence—the difference between evidence and opinion, telling me what you are going to do but not how it went. Your Own Evidence—the difference between evidence and opinion, telling me what you are going to do but not how it went.

6. Raising your grade… You can raise your grade as high as a 9 by revising/resubmitting within the next two weeks. (If you were in class yesterday but didn’t turn anything in, you can only raise your grade as high as a 7 as per the class grading policy.) You can raise your grade as high as a 9 by revising/resubmitting within the next two weeks. (If you were in class yesterday but didn’t turn anything in, you can only raise your grade as high as a 7 as per the class grading policy.) You must resubmit the entire packet and scoring guide with a note explaining what you revised. You must resubmit the entire packet and scoring guide with a note explaining what you revised. If you’d like to raise your discussion participation grade, let me know. I’ll try to plan an intervention session for a small discussion next week. If you’d like to raise your discussion participation grade, let me know. I’ll try to plan an intervention session for a small discussion next week.