What is this #20Time of which you speak?

Mr. Brookhouser over at I Teach. I Think. describes 20 Time much better than I every could.  Check out his post over at http://www.iteachithink.com/2012/08/a-letter-to-my-students-and-parents.html to get a bigger picture of what it is and what it can do for us!

As for grading, like Brookhouser states, "In this class there is a place for perfection. Vocab quizzes and sentence mechanics come to mind. The 20% Project is no such place."  I will take grades on students' blog posts every two weeks.  Students must write in standard American English and be very mindful of their spelling and grammar.  Students can post more frequently and determine which posts they would prefer me to grade.  

Blog posts should be 150 words or more with a focus on their current learning and their upcoming plans - what they have learned, what they have tried, if what they have tried has been successful or not successful, what are their next steps, and reflection on the process, the product, and/or what they have learned about the ways in which they best learn.

I can't wait to see how our students learn and grow when they are passionate about something!

Achievement Unlocked: Story of a Life

Find the list of reading achievements here Possible Supply List and Reading Achievements

Book One of the Complete Persepolis

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

by Marjane Satrapi

Translation publication 2003

ISBN: 0-375-71457-X

153 pages

Memoir in graphic novel form

     Imagine for a moment that you were suddenly under rules that you did not understand--rules based on beliefs different from yours or your family's.  Once upon a time in a faraway land, a girl who loved punk rock and protests came to live half hidden behind a veil.  The first page will have you hooked when the veil comes down over your eyes.  Be transported to another world and find out how our lives cross paths in so many ways.  We are all both insanely similar, and uniquely different in our experiences, but we are all still human-scared and loved.  #WeBelongToEachOther.