We played team scrabble today.  High team score went to Ben, Sam, Bri and Scott with 1142.  Top scoring word was paleontologist with 513.

HOMEWORK:  Finish reading the novel.

WHAT’S NEXT:  Finish the novel.

I assigned a “Gulliver’s Travels” essay for the vacation.  Download the assignment here.

After that, we did team scrabble, with Suhan, Victoria, Christina and Kaitlyn scoring a record 868 points and using all their letters.

HOMEWORK:  Complete the “Gulliver’s Travels” essay.

WHAT’S NEXT:  “A Modest Proposal”

We played team scrabble today.  All teams did well, but Quinn, Mrugesh, Alison and Kate triumphed with 574 points.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading Huck Finn.  Review on Monday, 2/26.

WHAT’S NEXT:  Quiz on 19-31 on Tuesday.

We worked on story generators this morning.  I required one to be turned in at the end of the period.

HOMEWORK:  For Monday following vacation, students need to bring in copies of their last four articles and three more story generators.