This Week

For our class this Friday or next Monday complete one reading vlog in which you incorporate notes from your discussion. You should read another 30-35 pages at home in addition. Be sure to be using your post-its.

Vlogging

Yes, the day has come. This weekend instead of writing a reading blog, you may write a reading vlog - that is a video in which you react to the text. In essence, this is entirely the same exercise. You can record this separately or in pairs. Either way remember you're addressing mostly your partner and discussing the book.

Here's an excellent example from a different class.

Practice?

Want to practice Multiple Choice? Try here. 

Revise Here

Revise here. 

Contest Time

For those that received editor´s picks and were elected as number one articles, I recommend that you send to Teen Ink´s print magazine contests. These are more competitive but I think we stand a good chance at winning. Here are the nonfiction guidelines.

Over B-b-b-b-break

After setting a reasonable reading goal with your reading partner, complete the reading for class on our first day back. We´ll be having a large group discussion about questions presented therein. Be sure to keep actively reading using highlighting (if you own the book) or post-its. 

Good News!

Yes, really, some good news. Ivy League isn´t that hard after all, or that´s what this NYT article says.