Wednesday, September 5, 2012

English 8

We made it through another very warm day in the classroom! Thank you students for your hard work today in putting together our writer's and reader's notebooks. Remember they are like a text book; take good care of them and bring them to class each day.

Homework For This Week: Turn in syllabus signed; Letter of Introduction and Classroom Promise
                                               is due on Friday!

Next Week Homework: Decorate the the cover, inside cover, and first page of your writer's notebook. Make it represent you with pictures, designs, collages of magazine cut-outs, or quotes. I'd like students to have this done for next Tuesday! We will share in class! Let's see your creativity!
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Thoughts on Writing...

"As writers, we learn most of what we know just by
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