Hi 8th graders (and 8th grade parents/guardians/at home educators),
You did it! you made it to the end of the week! Day five of Distance Learning in the books! So many exclamation marks!
It was great to see a number of you on Teams yesterday. While the benefits are lifesaving and it’s incredibly important to stay socially distanced, it’s hard. Really hard. Really, really REALLY, REALLY hard. Seeing your faces, hearing your voices, and answering your questions made my day and renewed my motivation to stay distanced (the more we do it now, the sooner things we get back in the classroom, on the field, in the studio, in the movie theaters, at dances, and so much more!).
Thank you for being yourselves and reminding me of what’s important.
Today is a lighter day in Literature – you will have two to three things on your To Do List, depending on your work this week.
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- Daily Reading log (35 minutes required)
- Movie Talk check-in (5-10 minutes required)
- Monologue preparation (15 minutes – optional)
Let’s get started!
- Daily reading log (35 minutes – 30 for reading, 5 for reflection)
- I will check reading logs this weekend, so, if you haven’t sent me your online log, do so today.
- Remember – once you share your log with me (and give me editing power), you do NOT resend your log ever again! You’re free! Use that extra time to relax, look out the window, take care of other work, make a flip book, bake cookies, or, my personal favorite, have tiny (socially distanced) dance party.
- Enjoy your books (and your sweet, sweet dance moves)!
- Movie Talk check-in (2-10 minutes, depending on what you did yesterday)
- Everyone needs to:
- Review the Movie Talk Schedule and double check their presentation date.
- Review the Sign-up sheet – if your choice is in yellow, it means I still need a completed R-Rated permission slip from you and your parent/guardian.
- If you did NOT check in with me on Teams yesterday, you need to:
- Check in with me today sometime between 11:00am – 12:00pm.
- If you can’t be there at that time, send me an email and we’ll set something up.
- We will check that audio and visual work on both sides, go over presentation expectations, and answer any questions you might have.
- Check in with me today sometime between 11:00am – 12:00pm.
- Everyone needs to:
- Monologue preparation (15 minutes)
- Optional – If you are ahead on your monologue preparation, or you need a break from it, take the day off!
- If working on your monologue brings you joy, go for it! Review the suggestions from earlier in the week or see if you can find a helpful resource/idea online. Let me know what you find!
And that, most wonderful students and parent/guardian at-home-educators, is everything. As always, contact me with any questions and have a wonderful weekend!