Pinky promises

On more than one occasion this year, I've had my students pinky-promise not to read ahead on novels or see the movie before we're done with the book.

Since we're doing The Lightning Thief as a read aloud, many students have promised not to see the movie (or its sequel) until we are done.

We will be viewing the movie in May (after standardized testing) so students can compare & contrast the film adaptation with the book.  I love how excited they are about Greek mythology!

I also just started Catching Fire with a group and they also pinky promised not to see the movie until we're done (hopefully by winter break).  I love how excited they are about reading :)