1. Welcome! January 11th, 2018 Thursday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Thursday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find the errors in the post.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. Correct the spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors in the following social media post.
@SocialMediaSlipUps
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3. dinner: Dinner was misspelled.
giant, delicious: Commas are used to separate two adjectives beside each other.
dinner: Dinner was misspelled.
wedding, yet: A comma is used to separate two sentences with a conjunction (yet).
unacceptable: Unacceptable was misspelled.
guess, I: Commas separate introductory elements from the rest of the sentence.
too: Too is a synonym for also or means an excess of something. To is a preposition.
Congratulations, John and Mindy: Congratulations was misspelled. A comma is added as it is a direct address. The names should also be capitalized.
It was the best night ever: Individual words can not be complete sentences.
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4. “Rules of the Game”
Today, we’re going to read part of a famous novel called “The Joy Luck Club,” written by Asian-American author Amy Tan.
Tan’s novel is about the relationships between children and parents – and how a parent’s love can be a double- edged sword. As we read, consider: Would my family ever act the way Waverly’s mother does? Is it out of love, or something more sinister?

5. “Rules of the Game”
Create a Google Doc, share it with me, and respond to the questions on your handout in complete, thoughtful sentences.
Be sure to provide textual evidence (specifically, quotes!) for questions 1, 5, and 6.
If you finish early, you’re welcome to finish your movie posters or ixl from this week (C.7, C.9, and D.6).
Good luck!