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Mon 12/9

What we did:

  • Journal: Write about England
  • We read Beowulf for the remainder of the period

Homework:

  • Read for 20 minutes
  • Finish journal

Periods 1, 2, and 4 have read up to and including section 37

Period 6 read up to and including section 36

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Beowulf sections

Period 1 has read up to and including section 32

Period 2 has read up to and including section 32

Period 4 has read up to and including section 33

Period 6 has read up to and including section 30

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Thurs 5 Dec

What we did:

  • Journal: Trees
  • Read Beowulf as a class (chart on where each class got to today will be published at the end of the day)
  • Write “found” poems as individuals

Homework:

  • Read for 20 minutes
  • Finish journal
  • **Optional: bring in food for food drive!
  • **Optional: book group will be reading up to and including chapter 2 of Frankenstein for next Thursday!
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Monday Dec 2

 

What we did:

  • Journal: traveling
  • Quiz!
  • Teacher modeling: how to write a “found” poem
  • begin groupwork: writing “found” poems from Beowulf

Homework:

  • Read for 20 minutes
  • finish journal
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27 Nov

Today We:

  • Played “creative writing telephone!” If you were absent, you will need to get 2 other students to make up the activity with you

Due Monday:

  • Expansion stories are due Monday! Get them finished!
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Wed 27 Nov- More Beowulf Reading

What we did:

  • Turned in reading logs
  • Read Beowulf (Pop quiz on what we’ve read so far on Monday! You will do great as long as you have read it!):
  • Period 1 read up to and including section 25
  • Period 2 read up to and including section 30
  • Period 4 read up to and including section 33
  • Period 6 read up to and including section 29

Homework:

  • Read for 20 minutes
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Tues Nov 26: Drafting!

Today we continued drafting our expansion stories. The due date is Monday 2 December 2013. Please have your expansion finished by then. The word count expectation for each grade is thus:

7th: 8,000 words total

8th: 10,000 words total

9th: 12,000 words total

 

Best wishes!