Thursday, February 8th, 2018

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Complete Holt Handbook Page 113-114: Review D (grammar section of notebook)
*You are looking for participles, gerunds, infinitives, and appositives -- most of the sentences have two. Find them and label them with what type of phrase they are.*

Read "Those Three Wishes" in Elements of Literature  (pages 122-124)
Answer Page 125: Questions 1-10 (literature section of notebook)
*Constructed Response should be 2-3 complete sentences*

Grammar
Review Grammar Worksheet: Appositives on Smartboard
Review Page 113: Review D together

Writing
Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative (Elements of Literature page 116)
*You should have list (or just one) potential topics. Today, we need to make sure that this topic is meaningful enough to choose as an essay topic*

Poetry
Work on Sonnet

Homework
Grammar Worksheet: Appositive Phrases
Romeo and Juliet Presentations TOMORROW! Be prepared!

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