2011_Summer_Reading

**Have you gotten your copy of __Tuesdays with Morrie__ yet? **

We are selling copies of //Tuesdays with Morrie// in the Global Office for $10.00 each. Please see Mrs. Banks to purchase your copy. __**Make sure to bring your signed info page and information when you come to pick it up!**__

You are welcome to buy your own copy elsewhere, but it may cost more. Go to Amazon.com or Books-a-Million, or even Hastings, to pick up a copy. They will charge shipping, though.

For more information, see the attached document below (this is the letter given to students during exams and also mailed to you recently). This is the initial letter we gave you about the program.



The second page of this letter is the info page, and is to be returned to school by fax or email, so we know parents know what we are doing and so information about the blog can be mailed to you for your tasks over the summer. Please get that to us no later than June 6, 2011. __**If it is after June 6 when you check this or get on track, still send it to the office: fax, scan and email, or snail mail.**__

See the guidelines to the left in the navigation menu about faxing or emailing your copy of the letter.

The second letter we sent you was a packet with instructions about using this wikispace and with all of the paperwork you would need to get started on this project. Here is a copy of that packet - it went out the week of June 6 or June 13.

**__GO TO THE DISCUSSION TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE FOR ALL OF THE POSTED QUESTIONS FOR YOUR RESPONSES AND COMMENTS TOWARDS YOUR GRADE.__ **

**__Tuesdays with Morrie__ Summer Reading Requirements:**
 * Read the book in its entirety at your own pace, but please attempt to finish by at least the second posting deadline.
 * There will be 3 posted questions, at three different times, on the discussion board section of this wikispace page. You must comment **at least once** on each question, answering the question and/or commenting on your peers' comments. The question will include instructions about the required post. __The required comment per question is a daily grade each, and posting comments on others' posts will count as extra credit.__
 * **You must post your comments by the time the next question is posted or points will be deducted** from that portion of the grade. Each question will include the dated time frame for posting (it will cover 2-3 weeks), and this schedule of questions and due dates can also be viewed on the link to the left in the navigation bar. Posting after the deadlines of your required comments will result in a maximum of a 70 for that grade per our Global High grading guidelines for late work.
 * The book must be completed and all comments posted by the first day of school.
 * We will complete a project regarding the reading of this book during the first week of school, and we will take a test over this book in the first few days of school.
 * All grades acquired through posting comments on the discussion page, the test, and the project will be counted towards the first six weeks' grading period.
 * Whether you returned the parent signature page or not, you are still required to obtain a copy of the book, follow all project guidelines, follow all online discussion procedures, and communicate with Miss Adams/Ms. Candler/Mr. Brunson if you have any problems or concerns with completing this project.

**Steps to Success in Summer Reading Wiki-Posting:**

YOU MUST REGISTER OR SIGN IN TO POST COMMENTS ON THE WIKI. THIS REQUIRES AN EMAIL TO SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT. YOU MAY USE A PARENT EMAIL TO DO SO, OR FEEL FREE TO SET UP A FREE YAHOO, AOL MAIL, GMAIL, OR OTHER FREE SERVICE ACCOUNT TO SET UP YOUR WIKI SIGN IN IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY HAVE AN EMAIL. __REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR USER NAME YOUR FIRST INITIAL, LAST NAME, LIKE THIS: M.ADAMS__. IF THAT IS TAKEN, MAKE SURE TO ADD SOME NUMBERS AFTER IT YOU WILL REMEMBER TO MAKE IT UNIQUE TO YOU (like M.ADAMS_2234), OR ADD _golobos AFTER IT TO MAKE IT UNIQUE AND EASY TO REMEMBER. __WRITE DOWN YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD SOMEWHERE YOU WILL NOT LOSE IT!!!__

1. Learn what a wiki is and how we will be using it for our summer reading - click on the link to the left in the navigation bar. 2. Follow all online discussion guidelines - either on this page in the navigation bar, or on the class home wikipage. 3. Make sure you budget your time for reading and post your comments by the appropriate deadlines. 4. Make sure you have a copy of the book when you post, so that you can use quotations when required. 5. For maximum points towards your grade in your posted comments (your "daily grades" for the summer reading), make sure to follow the short answer/open-ended response criteria in the navigation bar to the left so that your answer is complete. (this will also help you with TAKS) 6. When you post comments, please adhere (go along with) the question posed by me, but also feel free to comment (appropriately) on the posted comments of your peers. It's a discussion, too!