Word-Of-The-Day: characteristic (adj) distinguishing personality trait or quality. I heard my friend's characteristic laugh and knew she was nearby.

No Excuses spelling test moved to Thursday, 9/11

Pretests on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Use the tests to get yourself to perfect!

"The World On Turtle's Back," class "popcorn" read. Discuss, then wrote in writer's notebooks:
Why Iroquois honor both the left-handed and right handed twin? Consider character and characteristics. Used handouts on traits and connected to traits work in Science class and scientific investigation.

Returned paragraph work on Tell-Tale-Heart. Common class discoveries: Don’t use slang on school written work. Not he “creeped me out,” but disturbed or bothered. Not “guy,” but the old man or the narrator. Typing is great. Now double-space!

Discussed what is character/characterization. See handout.

HW: Continue reading mystery novel. Should be halfway. Novel progress check #1 on Weds.

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