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AGENDA

Book Fair!

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Reader's Workshop

Week 5: Q Q S L

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HW: RJ 5.2 Read for 20-30 min. and log

    Today started out as any other day. We came into class and immediately started writing down the Agenda in our Binder Reminders. However, unlike other days, as soon as we finished, the whole class headed down to the Book Fair.  Once we were done looking around and/or buying books, we came back to the classroom. Once back in the classroom, we took our Mindful Minute and started Reader's Workshop. 

    After people read for a few minutes, we opened up our Reader's Notebooks to finish the Song and Lines for week 5. The song was "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley. We then talked about how the song is about redemption and what it means. An example Ms. Nakada gave was when you come back from a mistake, such as redeeming your grade, or making it better. In the song he sings about how he hopes he's redeemed himself for his ancestors who struggled with slavery. Some people raised their hands to share their favorite lyric. Some were "None but ourselves can free our minds" and "We've got to fulfill the book." Ms. Nakada passed out the Lines and instructed us to put them in our notebooks. She then called people up to collect forms for Catalina. We were about to go over the Lines, but the bell rang, cutting class short. Just another day of English.

- Tali