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Welcome!! This site has been set up for students and staff to chat and explore great stories together. Share your thoughts and ideas and check out what others are reading.

= = Reminder: Please remember that all comments and discussions are posted online. Everyone is able to read your posted comments. Choose your words with care and take time to reread your comments before you post them. Inappropriate comments and discussions will be deleted. Be respectful of our virtual community and have fun!

**Step 2:** **Virtual Grande form - students must have the form signed to participate in this online chat**
**(available online through First Class, or contact the creator of this wiki site)**

=**Let's Get Started! ** =

1) Begin by choosing something to read as a class or independently. 2) See if that series, author or book is listed on the wiki. If you're reading something that doesn't have a special page then feel free to add an entry on the Open Discussion page. You can contact the site administrator with requests to add series or other popular titles to the list, just look for the Suggestions page link. 3) As you and or your class are reading you may add a discussion to the list by going to the book title on the left hand side of the screen and then selecting Discussion from the top tabs. Make sure that you are enter something clear in the subject section of your entry so that other students and staff no what the focus of your discussion is. People can click on your discussion and respond to it. Don't forget to read what others are writing and comment back. You can also post questions to start a discussion. 4) Before posting a comment read it over carefully and check for spelling. Make sure your message is clear so that others will understand and be interested in responding. If it helps, have a another student read your entry over first. You can also create you entry in Word Perfect or Word so that you can check spelling etc. and then copy and paste it into you discussion.

=**What Do We Talk About? ** =

**Here are some suggestions**: Share your thoughts and feelings about the characters and story development. Would you suggest this book to someone and why? Connect the ideas in the story to things you know about the world and your own experiences. Share something you learned or something that made you think. Express your opinion about the ideas or themes shared in the book (ie. poverty, bullying etc) Discuss why you think certain authors or series are more popular than others.

**Teachers may post specific questions for you to respond to as a class.**

Created By: Miss DeGraaf Teacher-Librarian Major Ballachey School