Monday's Work: Read, Blog and Trivia

Hello and welcome to my first blog post! I wanted to fill you in on a few things that we will be doing today.

TODAY (1/28)- Reading Response blogs. Please look over the scoring guide so that you know how to get an “A” on the blog. You may use this 90 minute class period to read silently and post to your blog.

Some helpful hints: be sure to include a photo that is NOT the cover of a book; have it be related to the author, the theme of the book or even a symbol. Please also include a quote and be sure to put it in quotations. Also, a quote is not merely two words but it is a phrase or a passage. Explain why you included the quote in your post. Once you are done with your reading response blog post, I want you to watch and read the following links about The Crucible. I think that these will be interesting and some of the trivia may be asked on a later test! Hint, Hint.






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Interesting Trivia







 With any extra time you may have today, please read more about Ms. Wood! Here are 10 (and counting) things about me!

· I am from a small Dutch inspired town called Pella, Iowa.

· I have a orange tabby cat and he is named after one of my favorite songs, Mr. Bo Jangles.

· Mr. Bo Jangles knows how to come when called and will fetch pens. He rules the apartment.

· I also have a Cuban Havanese dog named Daisy. She knows all of her toys by name.

· I have an older sister, Ashley, in the Air Guard and she recently got back from a tour in Afghanistan.

· My kitchen is done completely in cupcakes. I am obsessed with them.

· I was involved in Choir, Show Choir, and Theater throughout high school.

· My first job was at a Dairy Queen, so I know how to do the "Q" on top of ice cream cones.

· My parents live in Monett, Missouri.

· If I could do anything, I would become a jazz singer.

Second Semester Thoughts...Welcome Back!

Welcome back bloggers.  It has been a while since we posted.  Though we are busy composing our descriptive narratives about home, I am also anxious to read about what you are reading.  I just started a book I was given over Christmas break, A Dog's Journey, which is a sequel to A Dog's Purpose.  I haven't had much time to read, but I am looking forward to starting it this weekend.  By the way, it was given to me by my secret pal here at school...Think she knows me well?

Several of you read A Dog's Purpose, and as you know, it traces a dog's life through many rebirths and poignant stories about a dog's relationships with his families. It is told through the dog's point of view.  Right away I think of Katie, my dog who took it upon herself to babysit my new grandbaby when she lived her first year at my house.  Katie laid under her crib, sat by her high chair, waited by the bathroom door, and stayed as close as she could to her "new baby."

So dive in!  Tell us about the book you are reading independently this quarter, any connections you have, predictions you make, and so on!

More later...I made a video of the two of them and pasted it above!  Indulge me; grandmothers like to show off their pictures!)