Cobra
Readers Agenda
September
26, 2008
· New Members:
o Make sure you
have turned in the green membership form to be on our official roster
o Only those who
have turned in the membership form will get club photo passes, etc.
· Fundraising—Muffin Sales
in the Media Center
o Update:
§ First Lunch Members help sell on Monday before school beginning at
7:15am and during first lunch.
§ Second Lunch Members: help sell on Thursday before school beginning
at 7:15am and during second lunch.
o We will use the
money we make to pay for field trips, books that we read (we just spent $462
ordering our first book!), assist with t-shirt cost, etc.
· Wordathon:
o When: Saturday, October 18th, 2-4pm
o Where: International Mall Branch Library, 10315 NW
12 St. (If entering
the mall from NW 12th Street use the entrance between the Hyundai Dealer
and the Esserman Dealer. After turning into the mall look for the green
library sign posted just past the Hyundai entrance on the right hand side
of the entrance drive.)
o What: You will read a poem, short story, or excerpt from a book for 3-5
minutes and you will receive 4 hours
of community services and a 2008 Teen Read Week T-shirt designed by a local
teen.
o Turn in the Word-A-Thon form to
me and choose what you would like to read. On Friday,
October 17th, we will have a run-through of what we’re each reading.
· Book Swap—November 7 & 10th
o October: we invite
students to bring books in good condition they’d like to trade.
§ Committee to
make signs and publicize
§ If you can help
make posters/banners, please come after school on Tuesdays after school in the Media Center. Sarahit
Zerpa is in charge of this committee.
· T-Shirt Update
o The club will
contribute $6.50 toward the purchase of each shirt, so the price will now
be $10 per student.
o Please bring
the $10 by next Friday, October 3rd.
· Book Consideration List:
AND THE WINNER IS…
o #1 Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher—First Place (22 points)
§ Our books have been ordered and will hopefully
arrive by next Friday
§ Go to
o #3 Avalon High by Meg Cabot—Second Place (11 points)
o #5 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare—Third Place (10 points)
· Sign up for our online discussion board to discuss what we read! Here are the instructions
to register:
o Go to www. Nicenet.org
o On the right side of the screen, where it says “New Students Start Here” click “Students: Join A Class”
o Enter the class key: 876W8XA43 and click “Join the Class”
o Create a user name and password, and type in your email info. Click “Join the Class!”
o Click “Finish Registration”
o Log in to the Internet Classroom Assistant using your user name and password.
o On the left side of the screen, click on “Conferencing”
o Click on “13 Reasons Why By Jay Asher”
o This is where we can post comments as we read!
· Next Meeting: Friday, October
8th
