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. Don’t have a book? Explore the class library and find one. Check out your book on the library clipboard. Don’t have a book? Explore the class library and find one. Check out your book on the library clipboard. Give your book a chance, but if you can tell right away that you haven’t picked a good fit, put it away and find another one! Give your book a chance, but if you can tell right away that you haven’t picked a good fit, put it away and find another one!

2. Did anyone finish a book since last class?

3. Talk about books… Take a few minutes and share your journal entry with a partner. What connection did you make to the text (what symbol did you use)? Be specific… not just “this part was cool.”

4. Today… This week is banned books week. This week is banned books week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krwCYqqFKBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krwCYqqFKBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krwCYqqFKBk A video from John Green ( The Fault in Our Stars ) about the banning of his book, Looking for Alaska. A video from John Green ( The Fault in Our Stars ) about the banning of his book, Looking for Alaska. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMPtYvZ8tM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMPtYvZ8tM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMPtYvZ8tM What we are trying to accomplish with our reading program— find one connection using our class symbols. What we are trying to accomplish with our reading program— find one connection using our class symbols. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokm9RUr4ME&l ist=PLFAfHLghDLMAodR36JSkJ_KFYpsFBQmRj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokm9RUr4ME&l ist=PLFAfHLghDLMAodR36JSkJ_KFYpsFBQmRj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokm9RUr4ME&l ist=PLFAfHLghDLMAodR36JSkJ_KFYpsFBQmRj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokm9RUr4ME&l ist=PLFAfHLghDLMAodR36JSkJ_KFYpsFBQmRj

5. Journals? If your journal is still not complete, bring it up front and I’ll help you with it. It needs… 1.A six-page packet inside front cover 2.A single page grid on first page 3.A three-page packet inside back cover 4.Your first and last name with period # on the front 5.The class “marking up a text” symbols written on 2 nd page