Today we discussed “The Jacket” and reviewed the figurative language we found and analyzed. We went over the answers to “Party in Room 302” and were given an extra credit opportunity with similar stories. These are due by Thursday. We then reviewed the answers to the Grammar quiz from yesterday.

Grammar quiz FYI- While I understand some may feel disappointed by their score, I assured you in class this quiz grade will notaffect your grade tremendously. That being said, many of the test questions came from examples in your ISN (from both your notes and/or practice pages). I do not give retakes for quizzes and students had 3 chances to get each question correct. You will see on Student/Parent Connect that the quiz was weighted half it’s points which means that it’s worth 12.5 points in the grade book, not 25. One-Pagers have not been added to the grade book for block 2 or 3 and I am collecting Metacognition logs tomorrow which can both positively impact your grade as well. We will go over the quiz answers tomorrow.

Figurative Language Test on Thursday! Study your notes in your ISN (with all the examples!!) and the bellwork practice, as well as Party in Room 302. I gave extra credit related to figurative language today as well – that is due no later than Thursday.

Homework

• Read Theory (5 passed every week) – 5 passed every week (new card marking starts January 18th)
• Read your “good fit” book for 20 minutes (you need to do this for your One-Pagers!)
• Moby Max – Interjections lesson and lesson test (85% or higher for full points) – due January 21st
• IXL – Punctuation skill #3 – Interjections (must get 100 points for full points) – due January 21st