Book Talks and Email Etiquette - 26 February and 27 February 2020

Today's Goal: 

The Plan:

1. Read
2. Book Talk Time - Focus on EYE CONTACT
3. fill out this form AFTER book talks
4. CommonLit.org Article of the Week (this is the assignment you'll do instead of typing from now on)
5. Email Etiquette/Sending Formal Emails

Reminders/Homework:

• No Red Ink "Fragments" 
• due Friday, 27 February, 4pm
• if it is completed after 4pm, it will be marked as late and you will not get full points
• CommonLit.Org Article of the Week
• due Friday, 6 March, 4pm
• You must complete the Assessment questions. There are 8 of them.
• Make sure you "log in with google" as always
• YOU CAN ACCESS THE ASSIGNMENT ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM. COOL! 
• No Red Ink "Fragments and Quotes"
• due Friday, 13 March, 4pm
• if it is completed after 4pm, it will be marked as late and you will not get full points

Book Talks!

• You will have 90 seconds to share a book that you are reading with your group members.
• You must have the book with you, either as a physical book, or pulled up on Overdrive.
• You must be either currently reading the book, or have finished it within the last 2 days.
• You must talk for the full 90 seconds without stopping.
• Here are some things to talk about:
• Introduce the title, author, & genre of the book and give a brief summary (try to avoid spoilers if you can!)
• What do you think of the book so far? Are there specific things that you like/dislike? Would you recommend it to your classmates? Why/Why not?
• Who is your favorite character?
• Who is the worst character?
• What's the funniest scene so far?
• What do you hope will happen as you keep reading?
• What do you think will ACTUALLY happen when you keep reading?

You will fill out THIS FORM after everyone has had the chance to share.

Once you finish, I suggest you go log in on CommonLit.Org so you can see your homework. This is what will take the place of Typing.com on weeks you don't have a NoRedInk assignment.

Sending Formal Emails (Email Etiquette)

Slides 19-24 have your assignment.

You can also use the templates, where applicable, that you can find on the new button at the very very top of the blog called "Sending Formal Emails!"