March 1

New Reading Groups

While today was the second of three work days for Section III of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, we also made the final selections of the books each group will be reading in their new groups.  The program will be a combination of Literary Circles and Independent Reading, both of which we have done in the past.

Each group will read the same book instead of each individual reading a different book. The group will read at their own pace as long as they are using their in class reading time appropriately. Appropriately for this group reading will be either reading or discussing the book. Once a book is finished the group will schedule with Mrs. Scales to do a group book talk for the class and a recommendation poster will be made. After a group has completed their book talk and poster, they will select another book and repeat the process. Dependent upon the length and complexity of the selected books, regular English class groups will be expected to complete 1 – 3 book talks by the end of the school year. Dependent upon the length and complexity of the selected books, Honors English class groups will be expected to complete 2 – 4 book talks by the end of the school year. Extra credit may be earned for book talks exceeding the expected number of book talks, with advance approval from Mrs. Scales. Each member of the group earns the same number of book talk points.

Book Talk Packets have been loaded into the Resources area of Canvas with all instructions.


Posted March 1, 2017 by mrsscales207 in category Language Arts

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My life has taken many paths. I grew up in Farmland, Indiana and graduated from Monroe Central High School in 1979. Yes I know that seems like a long time ago to most of you. After I graduated from High School, I went into the U. S. Navy. Not a lot of women enlisted in the Navy back then. Boot camp was still segregated (that means there were only women in my boot camp) and yes, boot camp is as bad as they say it is. I survived though and began seeing a little more of the world than just our lovely corn and soy bean fields of Indiana. I was an advanced avionics technician and worked on F14 Tomcat jets in the Navy. Back then women couldn't go on ships but I was stationed in Bermuda for a little over a year. Bermuda is beautiful and the people are warm and friendly. I married my husband while in the Navy and we eventually moved to Minnesota.

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