Meeting this Thursday @ 12:05 in Thibault's room!

Hey Bookies!
Has everyone hit the easy-breezy reading goal for this week?  Are you prepared to share and discuss?  I see some of you have done as I asked and posted on the blog comments that have info from your reading role... thanks for that!  Please keep up the good work... and comment back to each other.  :)

I will not be there Thursday; I am acutally gone starting tomrrow afternoon through Friday.  However, Mr. Thibault and Mr. Custis will be there to observe and encourage your conversations about the book.  Remember-- you are in charge! 

Well, you are in charge of almost everything.  We set the next reading goal, which the teachers will share with you at the meeting.  And hey, don't forget-- if you need a pass to get to the front of the lunch line, come see me, Mr. Custis or Mr. Thibault ASAP.  We need you to hustle to the meeting so we can get started!

IMPORTANT:  Bring in your copies of BT to renew them!

I think that's it... Anyone have any questions?

:)
Mrs. P

Bookies-- Read and Comment!

 
New Page Goal:  VERY short reading goal this time-- we're only going to page 171, the beginning of Part 4.  Quite a few bookies had not reached the last goal and requested that, just this once, we do a short goal so they can catch up.  Unfortunately, I completed the new goal today at lunch, so I'll have to find something else to read for the week.  :)

Roles:  We'll keep the same roles for the coming week and switch it up next time.  Keep using your post-it notes!  Hopefully they're helping.

Time/Place change:  From now on, we will meet in Mr. Thibault's room at 12:05.  If you need a pass to get to the front of the lunch line, come see me; I'll write you one! Also, I'm adding a calendar reminder to send out an email to teachers reminding them to let you out of class for the club on Thursdays.  Hopefully, this well help you guys speed it up.  We definitely need more time.

What to Comment Here:  Let's use this post to discuss what we're finding in our roles AND to ask questions about what we're reading and what people are posting.  Don't understand a word or phrase?  Don't know what Kommunist means?  Who is narrating this book, anyway?!  What's a Nazi?  Who is Jesse Owens?  What do the drawings on p. 14 mean?  Who/what is the struggler (p. 157, 168)?  What is Mein Kampf and why is it the stuggler's "savior?"  What's up with the Mayor's wife?  Why won't "they" let Hans in the Nazi Party?  Who are "they?"  On page 105, Death points out that Hans and Rosa's son joins the army and and "tragically" ends up in Stalingrad, Russia.  Why is that tragic?  What happened there?  Get the picture?  Let's talk!

:)
Mrs. P

Roles and Goals

Goals:  We are finally taking off, people!  I thought about it a little more after you guys left, and since you have about 15 days to read between meetings, I am upping the reading goal.  Let's read to page 154, the chapter entitled "The Aryan Shopkeeper."  That's a little over 15 pages a day... that's doable, right?  If not, let me know; maybe I can revise it back down a bit. 

Roles:  Here's who's what for this goal and possibly the next:
The Connector--  Divya and Raven
The Questioner--  Ray
The Literary Luminary-- Jaiden and Jacob
The Illustrator-- The Erics (Yi and Riddle)!
The Summarizer-- Riley and Aidan
The Researcher-- Zoe and Savannah
The Word Wizard-- Emily (Knightmare) and Aly
The Scene Setter-- Dhruv

Make sure you revisit the roles sheets on Google Drive often to remind yourself about your focus for reading, and use your post-it notes as you read!  They'll help you as you prepare for the next meeting, I promise.  :)

Questions/comments/concerns/criticisms?  Reply here!  And don't forget to use the Feedblitz above to subscribe to this blog.

Can't wait to talk about this with you guys!  Happy Turkey Day, and happy reading!
:)
Mrs. P

Book Thief copies will be in on Monday!

 
Bookies--
We have some copies coming in from other district libraries, and I'm picking up a book bag of ten copies from the public library, so we should be good to start reading Monday.  Make sure to stop by and pick up your copy  Page goal coming soon...
6th and 7th graders-- Please complete a parent permission slip for this book.  I have them in my office-- get one ASAP.

All of you have a lovely weekend.  See you Monday!
:)
Mrs. P

What Book Shall We Read First?

What are we going to read, Bookies?  Vote, and let your voice be heard! I emailed the choices with links to Amazon summaries to you, so please check your SVVSD account.  Please post here by Tuesday, and when we meet Thursday at 12:15 in the IMC, we'll talk about what the first read of book club is!

:)
Mrs. P

Let's meet during lunch on Thursday, 11/1!

All right, returning and new Bookies-- let's meet this Thursday and vote on a book to read.  If you have a book you would like to suggest for us to read, add it as a comment here before Thursday.  Books will not be considered if they aren't posted!  We'll also talk about when our meeting times will be.

See you Thursday at about 12:15.  And hey, if you need a pass to get to the front of the lunch line, come see me.

:)

Mrs. P

Book Club Is Starting Up Soon!

Altona Library Book Club-- it's time to fire it up!  How does it work?  Well, it's pretty laid back.  We select a book to read, I hunt down enough copies for all of us and assign weekly reading goals, we meet once a week (it's been Thursdays in the past, but that is subject to change) during 3rd period and discuss the readings.  Then we usually do some sort of celebratory something when we finish it.  :)  If you're interested in joining us, please come to the library and put your name on the Book Club Sheet.

Veteran bookies-- comment here to fill in any details I might have missed, please, and also comment here if you have suggestions for our first novel.  Talk to you guys soon!

:)
Mrs. P