Thursday, Sept. 5 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: ACT Prep
• • Bell Ringer: Write the sentences containing the underlined portion, the correct answer (not just the letter, the complete answer), and the reason why you believe it is correct. 
  • The nature trail is six feet wide and seven miles long.  It slithers through the forest like a snake curving, and bending along the banks of the river.
  • A. No Change
  • B. snake, curving and bending
  • C. snake curving and bending,
  • D. snake, curving, and bending,
  • The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
  • Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
  • A. path, paving
  • B. path and then paved
  • C. path before paving
  • D. path paved
• Books -need an independent reading book ASAP
• Binder Division:
• • ACT Prep and Editing (10 pieces of paper)
  • Writer’s Craft Lessons Section (5)
  • Reader’s Notes
  • Flight
  • Night
  • Of Mice and Men
  • The Things They Carried
  • Careers
  • Standards and Reflection
  • Writer’s Notebook is the ACTUAL NOTEBOOK: put it in your binder
• Reading Time (make sure you like the book you have chosen): 10 minutes (EVERY DAY)
• Writing Sample: Template in Google Classroom
• Talk through the posts/comments from yesterday
• When writing, think of some of the lists that you created yesterday
• • Own Writing: Prompt- At least three separate paragraphs, follow the guidelines you created/brainstormed yesterday (start with answers specific to English, then expand in each paragraph to other worries and confidences)
  • This semester I feel the most confident about…
  • This semester I am worried the most about…
  • This semester I want to…
  • When you finish, read your book
  
  
  • Based on these questions, what purposes are you writing for?
• Read your book when you are done