What we did
Today there was a stacks of books on each group of tables, a lot of people were wondering what they are for. It turns out we are rating the books for our novel during the winter break. Ms.Lees handed out a worksheet. First we have to look at the back cover of the book to get an idea on what the book is about. Then you read the first few pages of that book, after that you start to write the worksheet base on that book you just read. On the worksheet we have to write the book title and author, then circle how challenge this book is for you. Next thing you have to do is to circle how much you want to read this book, and write the rationale why you like it or why don’t you want to read it. We did this for the all the books on the table it was seven, it took about the whole block because for every book you spend about 5 to 10 minutes. When you’re finished with all seven books, you rank them, and hand it to the teacher.
Why we did it
We picked out books so we can read during the two week winter break. We rated the books so Ms.Lees can get an idea of the level we are at and the kind of books the majority of us likes to read. So she can pick out the ones that we are okay with, and so we won’t get books that we don’t want to read.
Reflections/Connections
I think some books are interesting and some looks really boring, but because I only read a few pages I shouldn’t make the decision so fast. The books are okay, they weren’t as hard as I think, I thought the vocabulary would be very challenging.
Reading is very important no matter it is in any language or subject, reading can help increase your vocabulary. In the future, you might apply job that is similar to this. You’ll need to rate things and write the reasons to support your thinking.
Homework
Hand in your First Knight questions
Dylan, you didn’t do the learning log on Monday so make sure you do it to keep the learning logs up to date.
Morgan will be doing the learning log on Thursday.
Christmas concert at 7!!!!!!!
