Wednesday, May 22, 2013

English 8

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Reading Assignment: Read from 218-230.

Argumentative Writing
We have started a new writing unit, Argumentative Writing. Today students started filling in their outlines and looking at research to help find support for their paper. Tomorrow students will be expected to finish reading the news articles (research), finish filling out the outline, and begin writing a rough draft. Students will be expected to have the first three paragraphs of the rough draft written by Friday.
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