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This week we will continue to examine parts of an argument and explore how author’s persuade using ethos, pathos, and logos.  You will read two articles o...

Welcome Back! This week we will be reading ” Zoos Connect Us to the Natural World” in order to delineate the parts of the argument. We will also com...

This week we will read an argument about zoos (  ” Zoos: Myth and Reality” page 990-993). You will create a chart to show the parts of the author...

This week we will be moving into argumentative reading. We will discuss the elements of an argument and then examine several texts , ” Why I can’t L...

This week is the start of Card-marking 2. We will begin shifting into informational reading by reading about Edgar Allen Poe. We will also look into theories su...

To review for the Unit 1 Test look over your story elements vocabulary and be prepared to not only know the definition but apply them to a story as well. In add...

This week we will look at Edgar Allen Poe and ” The Tell- Tale Heart”.  The focus will be on suspense and narrator reliability.   Monday: Revis...

At start of class. Can’t wait to read what you’ve created!

This week we will be shifting from reading stories to writing narrative stories. The basis of your narrative story is to explain what the story is behind ( preq...

This week we will be reading ” The Monkey’s Paw”.  We will continue making predictions based on clues foreshadowed and writing a CER. We will ...