Today in Humanities class, we did the short story application for "Side Bet". We did this to further develop our active reading skills, to understand the story better, and to understand certain events, characters--or just the story in general!--better by answering specific questions about them. It's also great practice for our short story quiz on Wednesday. We also discussed how to do learning logs on our blogs (which is what I'm doing right now), as opposed to filling them out on paper. We do these learning logs to further understand what exactly it is we are doing, and why we do it. Some connections beyond Humanities include being able to use the terms listed in our short story application in novels we read for pleasure. For example, knowing who the main character (protagonist) is or which type of conflict occurs in the story will definitely help you understand the novel more.
For homework, we had to finish our short story application for "Side Bet" (tip: use your short story features package!), and those who didn't bring poster board to school need to bring it in tomorrow, you can buy it from the dollar store, Walmart, or Mr. Pocock for 50 cents. Lastly, show team spirit for Five Days of Fire by bringing in canned food donations for the food bank!
-- Alice
Thanks Alice. Great tip and thanks for reminding your group about the food donations.
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