Stephanie Chalef-- 9/22/16

Today in class we started out talking about the book chats that happened yesterday. We talked about what worked, what did not and how everyone felt about it. Mr. Rivers gave us time to discuss in our groups and then share with the class. The response was mostly negative, not many people liked the book chats. Some things mentioned by classmates were that there were too many people in one book chat, too many activities going on, and no one wanted to read the books. The only positive response to the book chat was that a room of twenty-five students with a couple a teachers was a good size to host the book chat. After this, we started watching the movie “No Country for Old Men” from where we left off yesterday. The scenes were very intense and sometimes a little confusing. In order to make sense of it and to make sure everyone pays attention; Mr. Rivers has us typing a strong sentence onto Google classroom, using the questions why and how. Every day everyone is to add another sentence under their previous one. This is reinforcing the concepts of the questions how and why. We will continue watching the movie and looking for the outcome of those questions.