English 8

Everyday Editing:

Choose three coordinating conjunctions from the list and write three compound sentences.

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

 

   

Quick Write: Answer the questions below on the short story, "The Day I Got Lost." Write your response in your reader's notebook on page 17.

 

1.What writer’s craft was used in the story?

2.Choose something a minor character said that taught or showed something about the main character.

 

Lesson:        

1. Read "Thank You M'am" by Langston Hughes Pg. 172

2.Answer the questions handed out on a piece of notebook paper with your partner.

                                                                                                                        

“Thank You Ma’am”

1.     What is the theme? Use two examples from the plot that illustrate it.

2.    Choose something a character said that produced action in the plot.

3.    Choose something a character said that produced a decision in the story.

4.    Explain with examples from the story how one of the characters in the story lives out this theme.