This week we will start each day with independent reading, including anchor days! 10 minutes of reading a) a printed book of your choice that b) you haven’t read before and c) is interesting to you. Come to class ready.
We will pick up the documentary about Owen Suskind, “Life, Animated,” and we will also complete the following study guide questions.
HW: We are completing the documentary tomorrow. Tonight review your annotations in the summer reading, skimming pages 1-74 of Curious Incident. I’m going to be looking for a) vocab circled, b) questions you wrote in the margins, and c) notes on Christopher, who he is and what he believes.
HALF THE CLASS did not turn in the answers to the study guide questions on page 1-74 in CI. GET THAT DONE.

Collecting and grading your copy of CI. Have your name written on the book-ends of yoru copy. You will get it back in class today, or on Friday.

Finishing the documentary today. We will also review the study guide questions. Time permitting, we will start these in class, and you’ll finish them as homework.
HW: Finish the thinking questions for Life, Animated.

Taking the NT English Department reading assessment.
Overview of body paragraph structure (for your comparison/contrast assignment).
Beginning to write the first draft of that unit assessment (paragraph comparing Owen and Christopher). We start by practicing writing claims (When comparing these two, what is the MOST important, LEAST obvious similarity between them? Knowing this, what does one realize about them?)
HW: Write your first, best draft of the paragraph comparing Owen and Christopher. Typed. Doublespaced. Printed onto paper. Proofread ALOUD. Changes made and re-printed for class on Tuesday.
Also, research “Sherlock Holmes.” What can you find out about him? Why is Christopher obsessed with him? Why is Sherlock so popular, even today?