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Monday, December 10, 2012

Language Arts Week of 12/10 - 12/14

Our novel:
    The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton continues
    Friday we took our first test on chapters 1-3 and listened to Chapter 4

Weekend homework was to read Chapter 5 and complete a 3-step.

Focus this week is on
1. plot development in our novel,
2.how themes are generated through our characters, their words, actions and relationships with others
3. Literary element of style
4. finding textural evidence to support your conclusions
5. Researching -- notecards, source cards, review of literature

Monday:
Read Chapter 6,  complete a chapter map

Tuesday: (Santa's Shop)
(all forms due in in order to attend Wheel of Wisdom treat)
Read chapter 7, complete a chapter map
Simple Solutions Chapter 9

Wednesday: (Santa's Shop)
Read chapter 8, complete a chapter map
Simple Solutions Chapter 10

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