Friday, September 21, 2012

English 8

WOW! We made it through another week! I can't believe how fast time flies!:)

Today in class we continued working on our narrative essays in the computer lab. At the end of the hour, every student printed off a copy of their writing, wrote one thing down on their draft that they want me to look at or need writing advice on, and turned the papers into me! I should have a fun weekend of reading narratives! :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful and restful weekend! :)
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