1. Welcome! February 22nd, 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 

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3. want to: Wanna is not a word. Want to is the proper form.
taken: The present perfect form of the verb should be used here because it refers to something that has happened in the past in an unspecified time.
hairy, long: Commas are used to separate two adjectives directly beside each other.
wife, Cindy,: This example requires a comma because it is an appositive. An appositive is a noun that renames another noun right beside it. An appositive must be set off my commas on either side.
despises it, but: A comma is used to separate two sentences with a conjunction (but).
to: Too is a synonym for also or an excess of something. To should be used as a preposition.
want to: Wanna is not a word. Want to is the proper form.
part? It: An ellipsis (…) should not be used. Punctuation is added and a new sentence is started.
cold, bitter: Commas are used to separate two adjectives directly beside each other.
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4. “The Interlopers”
Today, we’re going to read “The Interlopers,” a short story by Saki.
All you need to know is that it’s about two men from two different families feuding over land.
Let’s read!

5. “The Interlopers” For the next two class periods, you have one job:
Complete the newspaper activity!
Prompt: The town is all abuzz this morning over the discovery of the bodies of two warring neighbors. You are the town’s newspaper reporter and must complete the following tasks for tomorrow’s edition. Make sure all five steps are included in your final product.