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So, the first thing that happened on Friday was I got picked to do the blog, which I didn’t want to do. But, it doesn’t matter because it already happened. So, the people who read the book called The Outsiders went into their breakout rooms. The people who did not had to stay and read where the class last left off. So, I didn’t read the book, so I didn’t go to the breakout rooms, but that’s all good because I read it over the weekend. After we read, Ms. Nakada asked us questions and all the kids came back, and she had us do a star test, and that was it.

AGENDA Notebook/Blog Set-Up Q. Q. Song What good readers do: The Outsiders Ch. 1 -4 HW: Read and write RJs for Ch.1 - 4 I was the first to volunteer, for some reason, so now everyone will be nice to me, ha, ha. Ms. Nakada had us label our notebooks and start the table of contents. Every time I'm on Zoom, I kinda laugh because looking at the people staring at the screen looks like the hamster meme(lol). Next, we set up our journal: agenda, homework, the quote, the question, and the song of the week. This feels weird typing and doing work at the same time. It's a tad difficult, but it's fine. The quote was from Ralph Waldo Emerson. I thought the quote meant was that even though the world that want you to be happy as somebody that you are not, staying true to yourself and not being something else to live up to societies standards is an accomplishment and is enough to be proud of. Then, we talked about how we wanted the COVID-19 to end so we could go back to school. Then, we li

  Agenda Welcome to English 8! Syllabus First Day Letter HW: course outline signed / letters home due Sunday Hey Period 4! This will be a space where everyday a different student will capture what happens in class and read their blog the next day. This is our blog and my version of what we did on Thursday.  Everyone logged into our Zoom class and as people came in, we changed names and pronouns to let everyone know what we want to be called.  I took attendance, and I was glad to see that I knew most of you already from sixth and seventh grade. I'm so excited to have you as my English students now! After attendance, I went over the class syllabus and talked everyone through the class expectations and rules. Then, we went over the materials we need (the tech you need to connect, a notebook, things to write with and books books).  We went over the first few units of study for  The Outsiders, Inside Out and Back Again,  and NaNoWriMo.  Next, I read my letter to students. I can't wa