Reading Tweets...round 2

This week, you will once again be using the format of Twitter to compose "Tweets" to share your thoughts on your book as you read.  Your reading tweets must follow the rules of Twitter and contain 140 characters or less - including spaces and punctuation. 

In total you will create 5 "tweets":

• MONDAY: An intro tweet that gives the title of the book, the page that you are currently on, and your current reaction to the book. #intro
• TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY:  Your second, third, and fourth tweets will include 3 of the following ideas: 
• discuss a question (?) you had while reading. #question
• discuss a comment you have had while reading. #comment
• discuss a prediction (!) you have had while reading. #prediction
• include a connection you have made while reading. #connection
• FRIDAY: Your final tweet will ask others an open-ended question or introduce a topic up for discussion for your classmates (either for readers or non-readers of your specific book). #discuss

Your 5 reading tweets will be handed in on Friday.

You will be assessed on including all 5 tweets and the fact that all 5 tweets follow the format/guidelines of Twitter and the assigned topics/hashtags.  Ideas should be insightful and thorough...even though they are concise!  

A biopoem for Terry Fox

To learn a bit about the writing process, our class began by watching a documentary of Terry Fox.  As we viewed, we recorded our ideas of things Terry needed, wanted, loved, shared, and felt as well as character traits he demonstrated using post-it notes.  Once we finished the documentary, we worked in groups to write a draft of a biopoem about Terry Fox.  Next, we shared our drafts with the class and selected the lines and descriptive words we liked the best from each version shared.  We combined them to create a class poem, made up of the best words of the group drafts.  Even then, we still read the poem over to make many improvements.  We took some words out that we found redundant, and we switched the words around in a few sentences that didn't flow well.  Then, we added a picture, changed the font, and centered the text.  Here is our final product: