Wednesday, January 31st, 2018

Do Now
Complete Holt Handbook Page 110: Exercise 11 in grammar section of notebook
Copy "Broken Chain" vocabulary words (Elements of Literature page 16) into vocabulary section
*Include external conflict, internal conflict, retelling, and the five words in the vocabulary development box
PERIOD 7 ONLY - Read from where we left off yesterday in "Broken Chain" (bottom of page 19) to the first paragraph on page 21. You should be able to answer the following question -- Where do Sandra's parents work?

Grammar
Review "The Infinitive Phrase" on the Smartboard
Review Page 110

Literature
Read "Broken Chain" by Gary Soto (page 17)
Read "Meet the Writer" (page 25)
Write a retelling of "Broken Chain" 
Grammar Link: Apostrophes (page 28)
Read "Informational Text: Analyzing Proposition and Support" (page 29)
Read "Road Warriors: Listen Up" (page 30)
Complete Test Practice (page 31)
*We will be working on "Broken Chain" for the rest of the week*

Homework
Grammar Worksheet: Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases A
See Monday's post for a complete list of due dates

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