DigLitCirc Discussion #6 - the FINAL one - begins!

Hello Ottawa and Oshawa readers,

  You are expected to be done reading your novel by the first week back at school after March Break.

   Friday, March 25th is the last date for posting answers to the questions from section 6. My students will be posting those questions by the end of the day today and I will link to them here.

Jatinder is hosting the discussion for We All Fall Down.
Aaisha and Amrita are hosting the Branded discussion.
Tara is hosting the discussion for Shaken.
Mateen will be hosting the discussion for Wounded.
Thanks to Claire "Nancy Drew", I know that Walid will be hosting the discussion for Black and White. Wave's final discussion will be hosted by Zak.
Sara is hosting the final discussion for Sketches.

DigLitCirc Section 5 Hosts

Hello R8A,

Please visit Ms. Crosbie's blog to find your hosts for discussion #5. All the hosts are from her class, except for the host for Branded. Shahad from R8A will be hosting that discussion. Discussion #5 questions are now up and ready for your contributions. You have until the Monday following March Break to answer. Remember, the faster you get involved, the more interesting, juicy and deep the discussion will be!

DigLitCirc Discussion #4

Hello Oshawa and Ottawa friends,

Ms. Crosbie and I finally got to meet in person and we rocked the IDEAS conference, teaching many teachers from across Eastern Ontario about the challenges and huge successes of blogging. Several teachers who attended our workshops have started their own blogs now and we'll connect with their classes soon.

For now, we're still in the the Lit Circle mode. Ottawa students will be hosting the discussions for section #4 of your novels.

Please visit the following blogs and join in on the discussions as soon as you're done reading. The sooner you get involved in the discussion, the better, juicier and more interesting it will be!

Black and White - Claire
Branded - Jeffrey
We All Fall Down - Zuhair
Wounded - Mateen
Shaken - Tyler
Sketches - Haneen and Hannah
Wave - Iksha

I look forward to reading even more of you fantastic thoughts. Keep up the terrific work, darlings!

DigLitCirc Section #3 Discussion begins!

Hello my friends,

I hope you are enjoying your long weekend!

A couple of reminders:
#1. DigLitCirc Discussion #2 ends today
#2. DigLitCirc Discussion #3 begins today.

To see your hosts, check out Ms. Crosbie's blog.

Any questions, leave me a comment!

Find Your Hosts for DigLitCirc Section 1

Ms. Crosbie has posted about our first section of Digital Lit Circles discussions. Please check her blog to see which student (the Host) will be posting a question for you to discuss.

Her students will be posting questions by Friday and you will have up until next Friday to respond. In order to get the most interesting, engaging discussion going, make sure to return to the Host's blog often and read all comments and add your own.

In class on Thursday (tomorrow) we will go over your expectations for this in more detail.


Update: Discussions are off to a rip roaring start. If you have made your 100-500 word answer and two (or more) responses in the host's comments, you can also check out the other discussions going on. If you have already read some of Eric Walters other books, I recommend that you head over to the other blogs and see what those groups are talking about.

The Sketches group is being hosted on Andrianna's blog and has raised a lot of wonderful points, their discussion is well underway and deserves a read.