Wednesday, October 27

Tonight:

1. Continue reading the first section of your Civil War Independent book.  Your first letter is due on Friday. The letter writing assignment, format and grading rubric are all on the blog in previous posts, please refer to these as you write.  You will also have class time tomorrow (and when you complete your Core Reflection) to finish reading and work on writing your letter.  Use this time wisely.

*IMPORTANT* Some pairs have changed due to new book selections. Here are the final, final book partner changes. Thank you for being flexible.  All other people have their original partner:

  1. SAGE AND HARMON
  2. SIMMON AND ELI
  3. MARCELO AND OLIVIA
  4. ODELIA AND JEREL

Ongoing:

  • Writers’ Workshop weekly assignment: Pay attention to the conversations you overhear this week on the subway, in the coffee shop, at dinner, etc.  Pay attention to natural speech patterns.  Record a 10-15 minute  short conversation that you overhear (preferably conversations not in school) and bring them in next Wednesday in preparation for our writer’s workshop on dialogue.

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