Tuesday, December 14th

• Worked on the story about strange things falling from the sky
• Edison's Sausage tree
• Brainstorming
• Writing the story - finish for Thursday or Friday (in Math) is okay too

Monday, December 13th

• Collected the Trip Letter Assignment
• Those who could not finish due to power outages can hand it in any time this week without penalties 
• Finished the Notice and Note Signposts Questions with a partner
• Discussed different things that have fallen from the sky - related to the Kentucky Meat Shower
• We will write a short story tomorrow related to the article 

Tuesday, December 7th

• Peer Editing
• Good Copy of the Letter is due on Monday, December 13th
• Follow the MLA Formatting Guidelines
• Be sure to hand in your research, your rough work and your peer editing sheet with your good copy 
• Homonyms practice - write a paragraph/story where you incorrectly use at least 10 homonyms
• Reminder - homonyms test Friday 

Friday, December 3rd

• Wrote our vocabulary test
• Worked on the rough copy of the letter
• Complete the rough work this weekend if you did not do so in class  

Wednesday, December 1st

• Pick a novel for the Independent Reading Assignment (IRA)
• It must be a novel (not non-fiction, not a biography, not a graphic novel)
• With a protagonist, a setting, a conflict and a climax 
• You have ~ one month to finish it - we will start the project when we get back from the Christmas break
• You can choose a book from home, from my class library, from SORA or from the CVR library
• Friday I will ask you for your selection (as well as the number of pages in the book)
• Finished and reviewed the Simile and Metaphor worksheet
• Started writing the rough copy of the trip letter  
• We will continue to write next class