Quick reminders as we head into the winter break:
Revision instructions for Ender's Game essays (focusing on how to "level up" on the RL2 rubric and how to improve organization) will be in class on Thursday and Friday. Two options for revision are available to you: 1) fix sentence-level errors in class and turn them in before the end of class for a partial grade repair (no more than one grade up) OR 2) conference with Evans during class, fully revise/re-envision your essay over the break and turn in the graded original and the new essay in the first 3 days after the break (Jan 6-8) for a full grade replacement.

You MUST have checked out a fiction book that shares thematic elements with the nonfiction book your group read over the last 3 weeks. The expectation is that you have finished the book (and the reading log entries) by January 13. It is your choice to read over the break or not. The deadline cannot move.

For the Humanitarian Problems and How We Cope Unit....

1) Make sure you are keeping up with the reading schedule and REGULARLY entering responses into the shared reading log document. 

If you have questions about how to complete a section, ask SOON, so that you don't waste effort or stress about an easily solvable problem. 

2) DEADLINES: 

• you will have your nonfiction book finished on or before December 17/18. Interim deadlines for work are determined by the group and listed in your Group Conversation Log. During Reading logs will be checked at least once per week by the teacher. Ditto for conversation logs. 
• finalized group (thematic) paragraph about your shared nonfiction book due end of class Dec. 19/20.
• you will have checked out a fiction "companion" novel by Dec. 19/20.
• you will have your fiction book finished on or before January 13.
• your individual (thematic) paragraph will be due Jan. 14/15 by the end of class. 
• your group essay will be submitted before or on the day of your semester final (there will also be an in-class final).