For the Mid-Term assingment our writing group was sent on a "mission" to the Atkins Library to find a mentor text which would help us to write our Literacy Narrative. So.... My group decided to meet at 9:30 on Tuesday morning (because we knew we would all be free) on the second floor of the library. When we first met we took a couple minutes to discuss the objective of the day and what we needed to accomplish. We decided that it would be best to find some sort of short story to use as our mentor text so that we did not have to read through a novel trying to "write beside the text". Then we kind of wandered aimlessly to the third floor just browsing the shelves looking for anything that could be used as a mentor text but all we could find were books on Philosophy. Next we figured the best thing to do to find a mentor text would be to go to the computer and search for key words that would narrow our search. Once we got to the computer we typed the words "mentor text" and "writing" into the search bar. There was a book that seemed like something we could use so I wrote down the Call Number. Then our group moved to the 6th floor looking for the book. After searching for the book for about 10 minutes I realized that I wrote down the call number wrong and no one could remember the name of the book so we gave up on trying to find that specific book. After the whole not being able to find the book debackle happened my group wandered around on the 6th floor for a little while looking for other books that we could possibly use.
After this wandering went on for some time, Johnny went to the computer and googled mentor texts and found the title of a book he thought we could use. The title of the book was "Owl Moon" and so we searched the Library Catalog for it and found out that the book was on the 5th floor. This time I wrote down the Call Number in its entirety so that we could find the book when we got to the 5th floor. So as a group we wandered to the 5th floor in search of "Owl Moon". Once we got to the 5th floor it was relatievely easy to find the book because I had written down the call number correctly. Then once we found the book we created a circle of chairs in the back corner of the 5th floor so that we could discuss how this would be a good mentor text and also so that we could "write beside the text" and discuss our writing as a group.
This is what I wrote alongside the text!
After this wandering went on for some time, Johnny went to the computer and googled mentor texts and found the title of a book he thought we could use. The title of the book was "Owl Moon" and so we searched the Library Catalog for it and found out that the book was on the 5th floor. This time I wrote down the Call Number in its entirety so that we could find the book when we got to the 5th floor. So as a group we wandered to the 5th floor in search of "Owl Moon". Once we got to the 5th floor it was relatievely easy to find the book because I had written down the call number correctly. Then once we found the book we created a circle of chairs in the back corner of the 5th floor so that we could discuss how this would be a good mentor text and also so that we could "write beside the text" and discuss our writing as a group. 
This is what I wrote alongside the text!
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