The First Inch: February 28, 2020

Focus: What rules and conflicts do the early pages of our book club novels establish?

1. Warming up with our Valentine of the Day and a round or two of Scattegories to meet Academic Vocabulary, Set 7

2. Enjoying your Book Club Novel

• How do the first few pages of your novel establish this novel's rules?

• What tensions / conflicts are you starting to notice?

3. Chatting with your book club for the final five



HW:

1. MONDAY, MARCH 2-TUESDAY, MARCH 3 (that's 5 days from today): Projects and papers are due.

2. Next Thursday, March 5: Assigned book club reading and syllabus.