Tuesday 6 April

WE are starting off today with a Vocabulary Lesson.
I will get the notes up on the Mini-Lesson Vocab page shortly.
Today you will have time in class to work on your papers.

The Papers are due on Friday April 9!

By Friday you must

• Complete 2 peer reviews
• Get rid of all of the highlighting in your paper.
• Change the file name to "Final Draft"

Monday 5 April

Literature Circle Meeting 4
Today in class, students participated in the 4th Literature Circle meeting.
The reading assignment for today was

• A Farewell to Arms  Chapters 15-19 (XV-XIX)
• The Great Gatsby Chapter 4

 The next literature circle meeting will be Thursday April 8

Wednesday 31 March

Today in class, students participated in the 3rd Literature Circle meeting.
The reading assignment for today was

• A Farewell to Arms  Chapters 11-14 (XI-XIV)
• The Great Gatsby Chapter 3

 The next literature circle meeting will be Monday April 5

Tuesday 30 March

Today I walked the students through creating a Works Cited page for their Persuasive Research papers.
If you were absent you will need to come in after school on Tuesday April 6 to make up the assignment

Monday 29 March

Today in class we worked on Peer Review of our Persuasive Research Papers. Students will receive points toward their final draft for having two peers edit their papers.
I announced to the class that the Final Drafts are due on April 9