Thursday, October 25, 2012

English 8

Everyday Editing:
     What part of speech is the underlined word?

     During the school day, I’m usually very hungry.

SSR

Quick Write:  

Answer in your Reader’s Notebook question four.

Next week Friday: You will turn your reader’s notebooks in for a grade!
 
*Study for the quiz tomorrow over the literary elements.
 
Today, we also organized our writing binders and added our narrative essay and writing log.
 
 Tomorrow we'll continue working on our theories and claims to our literary essay.

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