Independent reading for 20 minutes.
Looking at the results from the NT English Department reading assessment results. We will pass out scan-trons and the test.
There were four reading passages: a non-fiction essay about a fireplace, a selection from the summer reading (which you had read), a selection from a short-story (one you haven’t read) and a selection from the novel (again, one you haven’t read).
In class, re-annotation. Why is Noah’s short story entitled, “Run”? We will look at this annotation question in small groups.
HW: Revisit the story, reviewing your notes. Where do you see “running” or the idea of the narrator discussing what he runs from, or runs toward? Re-read, re-annotate.

Demonstrating what our independent reading looks like.
Short lecture on reading and Covid-related learning-delay.
Parents will look at the google-sheet that our class has prepared, pre-writing for our first oral presentation.
HW: Come to class prepared to discuss and write about Noah’s short story “Run.”

First 20 minutes, independent reading.
Great Books format discussion on Trevor Noah’s “Run.”
Watching a short interview with Trevor Noah about his collection of short stories.
Writing our next paragraph about the story.
HW: Finish your next paragraph. Our next story is “The Wrong Lunch Line.” When reading, annotate for the lesson the two girls learn (besides circling vocabulary, writing out the questions you have.)