Monday, September 10, 2012

English 8

SSR (Remember students to continue to read each night at home 10-15 minutes!)

Everyday Editing and Quick Write:
1. Listen to passage read from teacher.
2. Begin your writing with "Let me tell you something about ______."
3. Write using one serial comma in your response! Please underline sentence!

Lesson: We continued discussing article from Friday, and labeled and took notes on the following:

              1.Where does the author show not tell?
             2. Why do you think the author chose to organize the writing piece this way?

Homework: Read at home! Decorate writer's notebook!

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