Creating a Plan for Quarter One

      

       Though this is an independent class, there are certain requirements I've set up to make it optimally successful.  One of the main guidelines is that while you choose a topic, you aren't just going to wing it for the rest of the quarter.  I want you to know where you are starting, where you are going, what you want to learn, and what resources you're going to use.  Therefore, the first thing that we have to do to have a great experience in this class is to make a plan for the quarter.  The plan has four requirements:

1.  Introductory paragraph with your topic and your reasons for wanting to study this topic.

2.  Essential questions for the quarter (remember that essential questions are open ended).

3.  List of books that you will read for the quarter (must equal at least 80-100 pages a week).  It's better to have too many books rather than too few.  I'd say minimum of four.

4. Schedule of reading.  For this you can download a calendar or simply type a list of weeks and which books/pages you plan to be on each week.

       To make this more clear, I have included an example from this summer's class.  Below is Ashley's, which she had to revise midway through the summer because she had already read and blogged about all of her books! :)

       I am so excited to see what you choose and post by Tuesday. Feel free to get this done far earlier and begin your reading as you have your first posts due soon after! (See School Loop for these dates.)  

Good luck! :)

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

The Plan

1. The topic I have chose to focus on in all of my readings this summer is coming of age. When it comes to books I have always enjoyed stories about the different kinds of ways people have grown up. It interests me to see just how much one individual can influence another ones life. People make mistakes and have different upbringings. It is compelling to see how people take what they have experienced in their adolescence to there adult lives.

2. Essential Questions:

• How can an individual change someones life?
• What does one do to change there path in life?
• Is there a certain age where you can stop learning about life?
• Is there a "right" way to live life?

3.  Books for the summer:

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (224 pages)
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (336 pages)
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (208 pages)
• Looking For Alaska John Green (256 pages)

4. The Plan:
June 14-20:  The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1-130)
June 20- 26: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (130-224)
June 27- July 1: The Secret Life of Bees (1-100)
July 2-6: The Secret Life of Bees (100-200)
July 7- 15: The Secret Life Of Bees (200-336)
July 16-20: Speak (1-100)
July 21-25: Speak (100-208)
July 25-31: Looking for Alaska (1-256)

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