Shortened day because of late start.
We will begin, as always, with independent reading. Remember, you are to bring that book with you. If you finish it, pick up a new book in the library during your free period or a lunch. You will NOT have time to do what during our reading time.
Entering the author, title, and what page # you’re on in the book into a google sheet.
Catch-up day: So far, there’s three assignments in the gradebook (signed course expectations, the “About Competition” annotation, discussion notes, and paragraph; and answers to CI studyguide questions. Today I will start entering grades for your CI annotations of the first few chapters, and I’ll start collecting the printed paragraphs comparing Christopher and Owen.
HW: Catch up day. Make sure you’ve finished all FIVE of the aforementioned assignments, that the first three are graded, and that the last two are turned in.

Taking the nationally-normed STAR reading assessment. These results will be shared with students. Taking the exam is counted in our “non-graded” category in Canvas.
HERE’S THE LINK TO THE STAR reading assessment. You will take this online. Your user ID is your NT id number. Your password is your birthdate (8 digits, month/day/year).
https://global-zone50.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/737639
HW: If not done, turn in your answers to the thinking questions on Forster’s “The Machine Stops” into Canvas. You are uploading that as a pdf (answers must be typed). Due before class on Thursday.

Independent reading.
Discussion in Great Books format on the film, Life, Animated.
We’re going to start reading one of Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. There are occasionally long, complex sentences. Here’s the one that Christopher in Curious Incident focused upon:
“Learn then from this story not to fear the fruits of the past, but rather to be circumspect in the future, that those foul passions whereby our family has suffered so grievously may not again be loosed to our undoing.”
What is the importance of Sherlock Holmes? Where do we see detectives in our culture? What is the American fascination with crime and solving crimes?
After in introduction to Holmes and how to read, “Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band,” we will start reading the story, getting through the first 5 pages or so.
HW: Finish reading and annotating the short story for class on Tuesday. Please use the audio, and annotate by: a) circling vocabulary, b) writing out the questions your have, as a reader, and c) take particular note on how Holmes behaves, and how he solves the crime (clues).