Students submitted their final drafts of their essays today.

We worked on the Critical Reading section of SAT prep and also did some sentence error id’s.

We posted our articles on the website (unpublished) and printed hard copies.

HOMEWORK: Please proofread your hard copies. Finish packets which were distributed on Monday.

We took a practice SAT writing prompt today.

HOMEWORK: Quiz on the next section of April Morning tomorrow.  Vocabulary quiz on Friday.

We reviewed the quiz on A Tale of Two Cities and discussed the first book.

HOMEWORK: Continue reading the novel (next quiz on Monday, October 5). Study vocabulary words.

We took the quiz on the first 8 chapters of The Kite Runner.

After that, we discussed the expectations for the class.

HOMEWORK: Continue reading the novel. Review vocabulary quiz for Thursday.

We looked at an article about a Tyngsboro teacher, and I demonstrated how to upload your article to the website.

HOMEWORK: NONE

We discussed strategies for taking the SAT writing test.  We also talked about thesis statements.

HOMEWORK: Continue reading April Morning.

We took the quiz on For Whom the Bell Tolls today.

After that, we worked on revising our essays, focusing on run-on sentences.

HOMEWORK: Continue reading the novel.

We worked on headlines today.

HOMEWORK: Revise articles to include headlines.

We took the quiz on April Morning today.

After that we talked about SAT essay writing.

HOMEWORK: Continue reading April Morning.