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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Language 11-20-13

Papers returned, organized in portfolios.
Clean-out procedure:  Simple Solutions # 1-24  (create a grammar mini-handbook -- type or write grammar principles that are bolded;  include an example), then discard.
Hunger Games:  keep your paper and choose three pieces of your best work to keep; others can be discarded.
Current Events:  keep "Are You A Loser" which is the model, others can be discarded

Corrected Simple Solutions #34,  #35 I homework

Finished notes on SciFi authors; did a review for tomorrow's test
Corrected the Orson Welles worksheet; watched part of a video of the original broadcast.

Read aloud "The Secret." by Arthur Clarke.

Homework:
Study for Sci Fi Test on Thursday
SS #35
begin work on grammar mini-handbook
get portfolio signed

Yale & Princeton:  write a letter to Santa asking for something for a child with a life-threatening illness or a gift to make the world a better place (writing grade & fundraiser for Make A Wish)

Harvard:  also read another story from Scope Magazine and poem on SciFi.

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