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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Language Arts:
  Today we reviewed prepositions and adjectives.  We corrected SS #18 in Yale & Harvard; reviewed our SCOPE magazine summary in Princeton.
  Socratic discussions were held to examine the major differences between the movie and the book, The Hunger Games.  
  Yale and Harvard began listening to "Born Worker" by Gary Soto.

Homework:
Yale & Harvard:  finish reading "Born Worker."  Complete the Venn Diagram on the back of your worksheet.
All: SS # 19
      Read the next Section of your novel. Complete your 4th short summary & give it a title.
      Write the introductory paragraph of your essay on the differences between the movie & the book.

A CHANGE:
 Vocabulary graphic organizer -- frac and frag (Yale & Harvard due Monday;  Princeton due tomorrow, Friday)

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