Today we were introduced to our Article of the Week. We previewed and and began to talk to the text to better understand.

For writer’s workshop yesterday we revaluated our CER writing to ensure it had all 5 major components of a CER. This was about the main point of view the author writes “Eleven” in. This was due today but if you need to revise here is the format:

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You will find the story here:  https://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/qP2lEuWcYaAQAtMW.pdf

One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

LIBRARY TOMORROW!

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?