What the? Oskar's Voice: September 14, 2018

Focus: What the? What are we learning about Oskar, our unusual narrator?

1. Warming up with a quick assessment on subject-verb agreement

2. Creating your ELIC journal:

1. Go to www.blogger.com.
2. Sign in with your school Google account.
3. Create a new blog for this class. Include your First name (and last initial, if your name is Ethan), and whatever else you want to call this blog. It will serve as your reading journal for the year.
4. E-MAIL YOUR WEB ADDRESS TO ME.
5. Choose the layout, template, etc. that makes you happy.
6. Note: If you're a handwriter and/or an annotator, you can simply snap a picture of what you wrote and upload that to the blog. Do what works for you.

3. Reading Oskar's narrative; try to get to page 15 (finish tonight if you do not finish in class).

• Your first journal entry/blog post: 

• Find three passages from the first 15 pages. Type them out.

• For each one, ask a Level 1 and a Level 2 question (or two Level 2 questions if nothing is confusing you).

• Hit the "Publish" button!

• Note: If you'd like to listen to someone read the book aloud, click HERE for the audiobook. You can do a free 30-day trial, but I believe you do need a credit card number.

4. Setting up your Fishbowl discussions (links to all of today's handouts are on the website)

If you're interested, here is a quick timeline of what actually happened on 9/11.

HW:
1. For MONDAY: Finish reading through page 15 if you did not finish in class. We can do the journal entry together in class on Monday, but the reading needs to be done.

2. For Tuesday: Finish revising your draft and submit it to www.turnitin.com by 4:00.

3. For Thursday: Read through page 85 in ELIC and compose your second journal entry; Fishbowl leaders need to prepare and post their syllabus.