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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Language Arts 10-29-13

Princeton:
Finished our Minotaur powerpoint; completed a short write on how its influence was seen in The Hunger Games.

All Sections:
Grammar review -- pick out parts of speech.
Recorded the scifi book we chose to read.
Reviewed literary element of theme, our poem based on the theme and talked about our 5 paragraph essay.  (Princeton & Yale watched Taylor Swift's videos for The Hunger Games)
New DEADLINES:   Monday, November 4th -- Theme poem
                                   Tuesday, November 5th -- Five Paragraph Essay -- final paper due (double spaced either hand-written or typed)

Homework:  read your science fiction novel
Simple Solutions #27; review 5 components of PLOT in your notes; bring glue & scissors, colored pencils to class tomorrow

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