Wednesday, February 7th, 2018

Do Now
Read SSR Book (15 minutes)
Complete log

Grammar
Introduce Appositives and Appositive Phrases (Holt Handbook pages 112-113)
Review Page 113: Exercise 12 together 

Literature
Review "Analyzing Proposition and Support: Test Practice" (Elements of Literature  page 31)

Writing
Begin Writing Workshop - Narrative Writing/Personal Narrative (Elements of Literature page 116-117)

Poetry
Read "Oranges" by Gary Soto (Elements of Literature page 696)
Write response journal in poetry/vocabulary section of notebook
*You can respond emotionally, make associations to something in your life, respond to the language, or ask questions.

Homework
Grammar Worksheet: Appositives
Brainstorm list of possible topics for Personal Narrative essay
Prepare for presentations on Friday
See Tuesday's post for a complete list of due dates

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