Today we went over book choosing strategies and the course journal format.

 Journal format: Everyone was provided with the same journal. If you were absent from class, you can get your journal next week and write this week’s journal on any lined piece of paper. Everyone was told to have a started cover page for their current book and one free journal entry by next Saturday. Feel free to reach out to me at fameacademy.literacy@famefund.org with questions or book approval. Genre notes can be found in the previous entry of your blog. You should write down notes on each genre in your “class notes (2^nd section)” of your journals.

Here is a link to the “Free Entries”handout I gave you in class.

Here is a link to a video of me reviewingthe journal format (you will see what a cover page needs in this video).

 Book Choosing Strategies: Student wrote a list of how they choose a book. I told them to be honest. Some wrote that they look for the shortest book they can find while others said they ask a teacher to recommend one. Here is the list of other book choosing strategies:

1.       Recommendation from a trusted reader (parent/friend/teacher/etc.)

2.       Award Winners (Coretta Scott King Award/Newbery Award/etc.)

3.       Favorite Author

4.       A Cover that catches your eye

5.       You liked the movie version or the movie is coming soon

6.       Part of a Series

7.       Books you “should” read (lists from goodreads.com, commonsensemedia.org, classicbooks.com, public library book lists, etc.)

DUE NEXT WEEK (1/27) Start a cover page for your current book and write ONE free journal entry. All of this is in the video that is linked above.

Your journal is 70% of your grade and needs to be at the Academy EVERY week.