Thursday, September 27, 2012

English 8

Everyday Editing: What do you notice about this sentence?
                                 Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.
                                     We discussed that this is a compound sentence, and that compound sentences
                                      are two sentences joined together. We also talked about how the comma and
                                      word "and" connect the sentences together. Students copied notes down
                                     about this sentence pattern to help remember the comma rule and also
                                     remember the mnemonic way of remembering all coordinating conjunctions
                                    with the word fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

SSR (Keep reading at home each night!)

Quick Write:
           1.Listen to “Hero Essays”

           2.Make a list of people that could be heroes in your life.

          3.Discuss

          4.Choose a person from your list and make a list of what makes this person a hero.
 
Homework: Tomorrow all narratives are due! Please turn your final draft in with your rough draft!
Also, tomorrow I'm collecting all writer's notebooks and grading them over the weekend!



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