This week we continue with both the Persuasive Essay and our unit on adjectives. Friday will be a powerful and poignant trip to Whitwell, TN. The Fusion classes will wow us on Thursday evening with the Spring Concert.
Day 1: Persuasive Essay/instruction on parenthetical citation, continue work on research/begin writing body paragraphs
Day 2: Spend part of your class time working on the essay, and part of your class time working on Easy Grammar through page 163. I will be available to answer any questions.
Day 3: Lesson on the realities of time travel, review of degrees of adjectives (comparative and superlative). EG pages through 163 are due today.
Day 4: Field Trip
HOMEWORK:
Easy Grammar through p. 163 due by Thursday.
Begin learning Unit 11 vocabulary and roots.
Continue reading A Wrinkle in Time
NOTES: Adjective Unit test will be 3/24 or 3/25 depending on your block. We will review adjectives on 3/23. Unit 11 vocabulary and roots test will be 3/26. There will be no out-of school option for this test going forward.