Wednesday, Jan. 6 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Start/Finish “On the Rainy River” Questions (I will be checking post its while you work on answering the questions)

•Once this is done, finish reading the section

•If you finish reading the section before lunch, read your independent book or work on your book completion sheet

•At the end of "On the Rainy River," the narrator says, "I was a coward. I went to the war." What does he mean by this? Do you agree? You will write three paragraphs: first: explaining how this could be true, second: how this could be false and third: which do you most agree with and why?

•Bring this up to me when you are done

•When done, read your book or work on your book completion sheet

•Small Group:  Discuss “On the Rainy River”

•What are stories for?

•Answers from blog and what Tim says

•Highlight Tim’s comments for important details that connect to ‘storytelling’/what stories are for and the ‘truth’ of “On the Rainy River”

•Talk about what you marked with your group and mark additional things from discussion if needed

•Career Project- Final Project for the Class –due 1/22

•1-3 careers

•Interview with someone in one field

•Paper with research and examples of writing/reading/communicating done in the careers