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Week 5: S-L

A.C.E. / Book Projects

HW: RJ 5.4 Read for 20-30 minutes and log.

    We entered third period and sat down. We wrote the agenda down on our binder reminders and dedicated one minute toward mindfulness. Then, Alejandro came up to the the computer and read aloud his blog he wrote the previous day, which, as a matter of fact, I bribed Alejandro on Wednesday with two books from the book fair to not be picked. Clearly, this was a bad decision, since I'm sitting here today writing the blog with my sweaty hands. Afterward, we took out our reading journals and showed Ms. Nakada proof we read the day before. Next, we had a reader's workshop where we sat and read until Ms. Nakada was ready to teach us. 

Ms. Nakada explained how she wanted us to do an A.C.E. on the book School Trip. We wrote the A.C.E. on one side and a visual prompt on the opposite side. After everyone asked their questions, we quickly chose which chapter prompts we wanted to use on our assignment. I spent my time speeding though the assignment and  continued writing the daily blog. As our A.C.E. time came to a close, some people asked more questions. Ms. Nakada also mentioned how we might have time tomorrow to finish our work. The entirety of our class was dead silent as we had about thirteen more minutes until the bell. A vast majority of people were still working on the A.C.E. as others read books. Ms. Nakada mentions that she will be collecting things after a little while. She leaves the room looking for her handouts she apparently lost. One person (Alejandro/Marcus) commented on my "aggressive" typing while Ms. Nakada was absent.

Ms. Nakada came back and passed us two sheets of blue paper. These distinguishing papers where drenched with words carefully printed along the sheet of paper. Thankfully the papers had no backside which basically made it one paper with two sides. We took out our reading journals and wrote in the table of contents "8-9 Book Projects" as we filled in an open page. Sadly, to my disgust, the papers did not fit my reading journal, so I had to carefully cut out the paper and glue in the pages. Ms. Nakada told us we have to complete four Book Projects in total in the Fall Semester and Spring Semester. We only choose four of the prompts throughout the year? [Yes, only four.] I was lost in thought and did not properly hear the instructions. She will have tons of slips when the projects are due. There are a vast variety of prompts to choose from. We were cut off as the bell rang. We all headed to fourth period as Ms. Nakada prepared for her fourth period class.

KINGSLEY IS NEXT.