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= Welcome to the Bobcat Literature Circles Wiki Bookclub 2012 Edition! = = **--** = = To access your novel, click on the title to the left. = = The posts are listed under the DISCUSSION tab after you've clicked on your novel. = You will click the post you want to REPLY to and post your comment. Do not create a new post! = -- = = Due Dates: =

** All 13 posts in correct categories due May 11th. (Major Grade) **
Dates set aside to blog in class - April 16th, April 20th, April 23rd, April 30th, May 4th, May 7th, May 11th **You will present your LiveBinder May 16th, 17th, 18th in class.**

= -- = = **The table below lists the guidelines for your replies.** = = Remember, you only REPLY to the original post. =

You never create a new post on your own.
= If you have questions email: = = angela.pidgeon@saisd.org lisa.lesosky@saisd.org = sentences || REPLY with connections to your life. Show complex COMPARISON thinking. || no || sentences || REPLY with information on author, literary genre, style or literary period. Include a citation for information from outside sources. || no || 6-8 sentence paragraph || In your REPLY, retype passage you are analyzing. Analyze device by commenting specifically on __**effect of device**__ in passage as well as novel as a whole. Comment on__**author's purpose**__ in using device as well. || yes || sentences || Comment on historical or cultural information from the book. Show complex thinking and connections to history and culture. Use citation at end of reply if using information from outside source. || no ||
 * =====**POST**===== || TOTAL # || Weekly # || Required Length || =====REPLY===== || must be original thread ||
 * Group Therapy || 3 || 1 || 6-8
 * Remix It || 1 || n/a ||  || Remix your novel with some form of pop-culture. Be creative! || yes ||
 * Author's Corner || 3 || 1 || 6-8
 * Literary-Rhetorical Society || 3 || n/a || Quotation +
 * The Smithsonian || 3 || 1 || 6-8
 * The Coffee Shop || 0 || 0 || n/a || This post is set up as a place for your group __**to simply**__ talk about the book. You can make predictions, give your opinion about what is happening or just vent! Although these replies __**will be monitored**__, you will not be graded on this conversation. Any length of reply is acceptable. || no ||