Wed. 3/4/15

Learning Target:

• Participate in a book group discussion, using specific passages from the book to support your ideas

Work Collected:

• Lit. circle preparation (row 4 of worksheet) checked in class
• Lit. circle participation worksheet turned in (or make-up assignment if absent)
• Handout: Dystopias and in-class essay planning sheet

Work Assigned/Handed Out:

• Read for at least 30 mins.
• Final draft of memoir due tomorrow
• In-class essay tomorrow: bring lit. circle book and worksheets to class

Summary of Class:

• Read for ten minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet
  
• Handout: dystopias and in-class lit. circle book essay
• Highlight features that apply to your book
• Begin brainstorming how your book is dystopian and what character offers hope to avoid this dystopian future.
• Lit. circle group discussion #4
• Complete participation worksheet; hand in when finished
• Recorders: move discussion audio file into LA folder
• Begin brainstorming ideas for tomorrow's in-class essay (back of dystopia worksheet)