I will hand students their ENGLISH II SECOND SEMESTER DATA SHEET and their Instructional Reading Level (IRL) score from the STAR test they took yesterday. I will ask students to complete the following tasks:

1. Enter the new IRL data on their ENGLISH II SECOND SEMESTER DATA SHEET.

2. At the top of the page write the number of Accelerated Reader (AR) points earned first semester

3. Write a second semester AR goal

After students have added this data to their data sheet, I will ask them to think about the number of minutes of individual reading they need to complete each week to increase their AR points and, subsequently, their IRL.

Students will share their weekly reading minutes goal at their table. I will ask the entire table to add up how many weekly minutes they plan on reading and will write these numbers down. In the future, I want to check back in with the tables and see how they are doing with their goals. Hopefully it will help students be accountable to their peers as well as to themselves and me.

The Standards W 9-10.10 and SL 9-10.1 expect students to have many different types of conversations and write many different explanations/reports. Having data conversations with me and with their peers certainly allows for practice in this standard.