This week, we’ll write our voice-over narratives for our personalized video book reviews.  Between MLK day, the ADI, and our conference release day, we only have seven classes over the next two weeks.  We’ll also be reviewing apostrophes and homonyms.  Here are a few great questions to ask your student about class:

1) What is the theme of your book?

2) What is a PVBR?

3) What text-to-self connections did you make while reading this book?

4) What image did you draw for your book?

5) How did you arrange the character map?

6) Does your book follow the “Hero’s Journey?”  Why or why not?

7) What are you reading as your choice novel right now (different from PVBR book)?

Upcoming due dates:

Tuesday, January 21st:  “Read This Book” due at the BEGINNING of class with rubric.  This should include a stapled packet with rubric, twenty questions, plot mountain, drawing, and character map. (Students will need to print this out.)

Monday, January 27th:  Strong Draft of Narrative should be complete.  We’ll be peer critiquing these in class on Tuesday, January 28th.

Monday (2/3):  Narrative spreadsheets complete.  This includes all pictures/images/videos.

Thank you for all your continued support!  -Josh Feiger