Today we started a new unit for informational writing. We are studying teen activists together. Students have chosen their own topics for National History Day which they will apply the skills from class to to create their own website presentations for. These presentations will be due the week after February break and be final assessments for informational writing. We will also have final sit and write assessments which will be reflected on the report cards.
We will also do a sit and write literary essay close to the end of the marking period, but we are putting aside formal essay writing in reading. We continue to read novels, write about them informally and listen and write about read aloud book (currently Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate.)
Tonight's homework:
Finish one page in journal on Malala - if typing expect 150 words or more. You are writing an informational piece based on your notes.
Read novel 20-30 minutes
Math p. 15 A-E 27-29, 52-53, 67-70, 75-76.
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