Close Reading!

Today's Goal: Close reading of a text

The Plan:

1. Sentence Parts Practice (See below!)
2. "This I Believe" Introduction
3. No Red Ink/Achieve

Sentence Parts Practice
You will find this in Google Classroom. It's tricky today! You will be unscrambling a sentence.

This I Believe Introduction
On Google Classroom, there is a link to a website called "GoFormative." The assignment is called "Introduction to 'This I Believe."

You will need to remember what a metaphor is:

Achieve Contest:
Period 1 is currently winning this contest. By Friday, we have to have the most points on activities across the entire school, and at least 75% of you have to have done 8 Achieves with high activity scores in the past month.

You could win a class donut party (or something like it. We get to choose.)

Reminders/Homework:

• BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS.
• If you don't finish the 9 questions in class, please finish them tonight.
• Thought Question due MONDAY. Yes, Monday. One week from now. December 11
• Two Achieve Articles due by midnight FRIDAY.
• one article of your choice.
• One article of Ms. Black's choice. 
• Title: "Will Amazon Change the World…Again?"
• If you read this far, give Ms. Black a high five
• Independent Reading: at least two books completed by January 15 (more if you are doing Ms. Black's Winter Reading Challenge)