Wednesday, October 22, 2014 ELA 8 Critical Analysis Draft ON YOUR DESK! Agenda: Critical Analysis FINAL10/24 Bookmark 10/27 Irony Quiz 10/24 Writing Prompt: How would you define suspicion? How do people behave when they feel suspicious? How do suspicious characters look or act differently from other characters?

What makes you suspicious? Revising and Editing Procedures Peer Editing Read “The Tell Tale Heart” (LT pg ) Argument Writing / Text Analysis

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 ELA 7 Extended Response Draft ON YOUR DESK! Agenda: Literary Letter10/24 Bookmark10/27 Letter to Mr. H.Give to ME What did YOU see? What did YOU hear? What did YOU do? Finish Extended Response Paper: Hand In

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 ELA 7 Roll of Thunder Introduction:  Anticipation Guide / Introduction  A Place at the Table A Place at the Table What do you Know?  Jim Crow Laws  Sharecropping  Great Depression

Thursday, October 16, 2014 BOOST Read Aloud: Freak the Mighty Reading Drill # 5: Dogs

7 th English: Grammar Brief Grammar Brief: Comparative Adverb: Compares one action with another. With regular adverbs, we add –er or –est. The pianist arrived earlier than the violinist. The drummer arrived earliest of all the players. Sometimes we need to use more or most instead of adding –er or –est. The violinist plays more often that the harpist Which musicians play most often?

7 th English  Daily Language Review: Wednesday  Editing:  What is editing?  Mr. Hootman’s Procedure:  Today’s Task:  Edit on your own  Edit with a partner  Final copy IN INK!  Due FRIDAY!