Your+mission+for+today,+11.18.09

So, here we are again! Some of us still haven't posted a passage or commented on others' passages, so that needs to be your first order of business. Many of us did a Wordle as an activity last time, which was pretty cool, although the printing of them was a bit of a pain. Please choose another activity to do from the list below, but remember: YOU MUST POST A PASSAGE AND COME UP WITH THE FIVE GOOD QUESTIONS AS LISTED IN NUMBERS ONE AND TWO BELOW, **BEFORE** **YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE!

I will also continue the interview process. I'm really enjoying talking to you one-on-one and finding out a lot of great information. Thanks again to those who have already sat down to talk to me!

** =**What to do today...**=

Here are the required activities for todays session and the points they're worth:


 * 1) **If you haven't done so**, please make sure you have your eight-to-ten-line passage posted on your discussion board or a page you've created. Make sure it is appropriate. I know that much of the content of the books you are reading is not usually considered school appropriate in itself, but choose one that will inspire good questions in a tasteful manner. **The passage worth 25 points.**
 * 2) **If you haven't done s**o, choose a group member's passage and come up with FIVE questions that the passage makes you think of. They should be GOOD questions, based on the questions that I just handed out to you. Remember: a good question does not have a "yes" or "no" answer. It forces you to think. It is not answered directly in the text. **That's worth 50 points (ten points per question...GOOD question).**
 * 3) Now, do one of the activities listed below, or come up with your own activity. **The activity is worth 50 points.**
 * Write a “Sofar.” Since you haven’t finished your book yet, tell your group what you think of it “so far,” in one paragraph. Give FIVE specific examples from the book to back up your opinion.
 * Talk about what is or isn’t realistic. There must have been a part or two when you went, “Yeah, that would never happen,” or, “Holy moly! The author really got it right!” Tell us about that in a paragraph.
 * What song do you hear in your head while you’re reading the book? Why? Or, what song lyrics does the book remind you of? Write a paragraph explaining why.
 * What movie does your book remind you of? Why? Click on this link to go to the IMDB for inspiration. Write a paragraph explaining why.
 * If you were making the movie version, which actors would you have play the characters? Click on this link to go to the IMDB for inspiration. Write a paragraph describing why you chose the actors.
 * Would you want to be friends with the main character of your book? Why or why not? What advice would you give to the main character if you were friends? Write a paragraph addressing the above questions.
 * Do a Wordle of your book, OR of one of the characters. Choose at least ten words that sum up the plot and/or the themes OR describe the character. Put the finished product on your wiki page. Go here to find out what a Wordle is and to create one.
 * Find a link to a website that your character would like, or that would help your character. In a paragraph, write why your character would relate to the website.
 * Create a drawing of your character or of a part of the book, or an abstract inspired by your book. Use the library scanner to scan it in and put it on your page.