Independent Reading
Find an independent reading book: fiction, biography, and autobiography work best for this assignment.
No comic books/graphic novels please. 2015 Best of the Best Lists from YALSA GoodReads Best Young Adult Book Lists 100 Young Adult Books to Read in a Lifetime |
Complete Synthesis Notes & Target Notes on Independent Reading (SSR) book.
Prepare for an in-class presentation on your book (see assignment below).
DUE:
Friday, May 4
Prepare for an in-class presentation on your book (see assignment below).
DUE:
Friday, May 4
SynthesisNotes.pdf | |
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TargetNotes.pdf | |
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Target Notes (sample):
Press Conference (Book Report)
You may want to prepare note cards or an outline to help you present. Also, you may want to brainstorm possible responses to some of the book debrief questions we came up with as a class (see sample list below).
BEGINS:
Tuesday, May 7
You may want to prepare note cards or an outline to help you present. Also, you may want to brainstorm possible responses to some of the book debrief questions we came up with as a class (see sample list below).
BEGINS:
Tuesday, May 7
- Summarize the plot, and explain basic elements of the book: characters, setting, theme(s). 1-2 minutes.
- Call on 6 members of the class to ask questions.
BookDebriefQuestions.pdf | |
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Tenets of Puritanism NOTES
Test on NOTES: Thursday, April 26
For a review of in-class PowerPoint on "Tenets of Puritanism," see file below.
For a review of in-class PowerPoint on "Tenets of Puritanism," see file below.
TenetsofPuritanism.pptx | |
File Size: | 177 kb |
File Type: | pptx |