Today our DO NOW:
copy words and definitions from pages 770 to 781
(5 from Lincoln: A Photobiography and 2 from "O Captain, My Captain")
We took our Simple Solutions Test #9 and handed in our packets
We handed in our Grammar Handbooks which we created from all our Simple Solutions lessons through 25. Those can now be discarded if you want to clean out your binder.
We examined the poem, "O Captain, My Captain." We handed in our three questions that we answered after reading the poem.
Harvard submitted their journals; Yale & Princeton got theirs back.
We discussed the movie GLORY and the assignment for Social Studies.
Complete the RL8.1 worksheet which is the organizer to write a paper. Most of it should be bullet points or phrases not complete sentences, except for the introduction (restating the thesis) and the lead. Question is "How is respect earned?
We received our book report options.
HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Finish reading your novel (this was your choice of book and genre). Begin work on your book report (you received the sheet with 3 options). Book report due December 3rd.
2. Continue writing your very own short science fiction story. Should be about two typed pages but no more than five typed pages. Rough draft due by Friday, December 6th.
3. Memorize the first few sentences of the Gettysburg Address for a speaking grade.
Students ready will begin presenting on Tuesday, December 2nd.
4. Do something nice for your family and take a minute to be thankful for all they have given you.
Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your long holiday break.
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