Period 1: Today we spent time in our literature circles discussing the story "The Bet". The class did a nice job trying to use their texts to support their opinions and analyze their reactions. HW for tonight is to reflect on the process using the handout as a guide for reflection particularly the last two questions and to add to the hw assignment from last night by including a paragraph or two discussing the theme of the story.
Period 2,7,8
Those who completed the homework assignment drew some interesting pictures that captured the essence of the story so far. We continued reading today stopping to check for understanding and to investigate how the author made us react in certain ways. HW for tonight is to finish reading the story then to finish drawing the story on the notesheet.
