WELCOME to our summer online classroom!!!!

You have found our spot on the web---congratulations! If you have any questions about any of the course requirements or are confused at all, please contact me; you all have my cell number and my email address. If you email and you don't hear back from me within a day or so, please call my cell number. I will be out of town a couple of times during the summer, so I will not be connected to my email account during that time.

To comment on the threads below, please click on the "comments" link to the left of the pencil below each post. Before your post will appear, you will be prompted to log in as a user. Since all of you have Google.mail accounts, log in as a Google user and post under that.

I look forward to reading your posts on Shift, Runner and Shattering Glass.

:) Mrs. A.

BLOG #1: Shift, due July 1

Question #1: After having read Shift, why do you think the title is a good one for the book? Make sure to comment on the structure of the book, itself.

Question #2: Discuss the decision that Win made. Do you agree or disagree with it and why?

BLOG #2: Runner, due July 29

Melissa is a minor character in the book, but her being included in the storyline provides some important developments. Comment on her role in the book. What purpose does the inclusion of her character serve?

BLOG #3: Shattering Glass, due August 19

What was the major turning point of this book? Please identify that turning point and support with specific details explaining why you identified that event (or those events) as the turning point.