LITERARY TEA

We will be having a Literary Tea celebration during our next book club meeting this Thursday, December 23rd. I will provide the (iced) tea and you may bring in "finger foods" such as tea sandwiches, cupcakes, and cookies which we will enjoy during our meeting.












Information on the history of afternoon & high tea:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HighTeaHistory.htm
http://oldfashionedliving.com/teatime.htm
http://elmwoodinn.com/books/NewYorktopten.html
http://entertaining.about.com/cs/coffeesandteas1/a/teaparty.htm

HOLIDAY BREAK HOMEWORK

Complete the following by Monday, January 3rd:

• 3 Annotated Bibliographies (place in the portfolio/looseleaf)
• 3 Assignments from the Holiday ELA Choice Board - the middle one + 2 more (looseleaf/typed/construction paper)
• Completed FIRST DRAFT of the ADVERTISING PROPOSAL - ready to be edited/revised (looseleaf with subheadings)

Progress Reports

Your progress reports were distributed Wednesday, December 15th. They are due signed by your parents by Friday, December 17th. Any missing work is to be attached to the back of the report. All late work is due no later than Friday.

Extra credit work is due this Monday, December 20th.

Book Club Meeting Tomorrow - Thursday, December 16

I will be out of the building tomorrow attending a class in Manhattan. So, I've left instructions with Mr. Rodriguez for you to have a 90 minute Book Club Meeting. You are to read in your group and create a mini-poster advertising your Book Club Book. (If no one in your book has their mystery novel, then you are to work independently and create a mini-poster based on your own independent reading book.)

Book club book must be completed by January 1, 2011. You will be an annotated bibliography on this book as well as a book project over the holiday break. So, make sure that you make a plan with your group as to how much you will read for your next meeting next week.

Zit-Away Practice Survey

If you would like to take the practice survey for my "fictional product"

which I will be advertising, you may by following the following link:

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey,

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If you would like to create your own free survey in order to collect

your own data for your fictional product, go to www.surveymonkey.com.

READING SUPERSTARS!

Congratulations to the following students for meeting their monthly reading goals:

September: Cesar, Vallery, Lesly, Guianina, Jonathan, Raphael, Mitchelangelo, Divanur, John, Daniela

October: Vallery, Lesly, Solangie, Guianina, Jonathan, Mitchelangelo, Margarita, Jaqueline, Divanur, John, Daniela

November: Lesly, Solangie, Guianina, Margarita, Jaqueline, Divanur, Daniela

Thursday, December 2, 2010

I will be attending a meeting tomorrow, so I won't be in class. Please remember to bring your book club books. I'm planning on a 90 minute block for your club.

Classwork Assignment:

1) Discuss your Joanne Fluke or Diane Mott Davidson book with your group.

2) Read individually, in pairs, or in a whole group. Last week I heard one of the groups taking the roles of the characters and reading it as if it were a play. Remember if you do that to choice someone to be the narrator.

3) One letter per group: On looseleaf, compose a letter to the author of your novel. Write about how your class is reading her novel in your 7th grade class as part of a book club. Discuss the book you're reading. Include your thoughts on characters, setting, situations, and/or writer's style as well as parts of the book your group most or least enjoyed and why. Sign all of your names at the end of the letter.

Homework: Independent reading only