Today's Menu ~ Feb. 3

Shhh...Silent Sustained Reading.

Today's Announcements.

BLOG POST PAST DUE...assigned January 12! NOW with this in mind, begin drafting in your blog a post on the topic of civil wars...could be about friends or family who do not get along, might be about the differences amongst political parties, or...you choose the topic! Intentionally include sentences formatted much like Hosseini's.

Literary Terms: post "duck" examples...work on for 10 minutes. Please be studying/learning these terms. Test next Tuesday!

Class Novel:

1. Test on content on Friday!
2. Essay: Body drafts due today. Let's discuss your content...then copy/paste your essay into the an email and send to mrsg.homework.com
3. Revise body and write your conclusion for Friday.

Grammar Time

• Review participials.
• Infinitives and Gerunds...assign...