7A- 15 mins. reading.7/8B- The first reading journal of the year was assigned today.  Please see the attached teacher sample.  This will be due on Friday, Sept. 25.  Below is the prompt: Making Connections: text to self, text to text, text to world.  Does this book remind you of another book that you have read in the past? Does it remind you of something you have experienced in real life? If so tell me about it.  Journals must be at least a ½ page single spaced.  They must be in proper sentence and paragraph form and clearly show your thinking.  Please begin each journal with: Date: Title: Author: 8E2- finish the map of your neighborhood.