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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Language Arts 10-9-13

Princeton & Yale:
Today we corrected Simple Solutions Lesson #18, reviewed "Connotation and Denotation" of words.
We discussed comprehension questions for The Hunger Games, Chapter 14.
We read Chapter 15 together.  We learned the five types of jobs for our literature circles and assigned jobs to each member for Chapter 15 and for Chapter 16.
We examined several forms of outlining (Princeton took notes; Yale tomorrow).

Homework:
Read Chapter 16, complete literature circle jobs for Chapter 15 and 16; each should be on a separate piece of paper.

Harvard:
Today we corrected Simple Solutions Lesson #17 and reviewed Appositives.
We completed a journal entry with comprehension questions for Chapters 17 & 18 in the Hunger Games. 

Homework:
Simple Solutions #18
Study for test on Part II of the Hunger Games


ALL:
continue work on Character Table charts; will be collected on Tuesday;
this weekend:  Current Events weekend due Tuesday.

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