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Welcome  Back and Happy New Year!!!!   This week so far we will be  going over the checked persuasive essay on Facebook, sharing the book jackets,  getting...

This week we will continue to work on the way authors craft characters and narrators as we read a short story, ” Ghost in the Lagoon”. Students will...

Reading: We will continue our study of point of view and how authors craft characters by reading a selection of poems. Writing: We will edit and turn in the fin...

Today is the start of the 3rd marking period. Writing will focus on drafting, revising and editing the persuasive essay on “Should kids under the age of 1...

This week we are wrapping up planning  for a persuasive essay on ” Should kids under the age of 13 have Facebook accounts?”  When we return from the...

This week we will be taking the district common assessment for reading and beginning a persuasive essay. Students will also be reading their good-fit book and l...

Reminder Week 2 Reading Journals are due on MONDAY.  The links  below are for both pages readinglog2.1     reading logweek2.2

You should have 5 new and/or interesting words defined to turn in Friday and participate in “Stump the Class” !

Today you continued your work on leads and how to use one to start a short story.  You also took notes and learned about author’s purpose and the three re...