Vocabulary #2: study for 5 minutes, take quiz, trade/grade. Hand in.



Writer's notebooks were checked. 5 points. Remember, 10 minutes and one page a day.



On compare/contrast essay: Before you hand in, get one of the grade sheets to do a self-assessment. Give yourself a grade. Then attach that sheet to the top of your work and hand in.



Persuasive essays and speeches. Begin reading on p. 408 of literature textbook. Class discuss.



HW: Active reading strategy check for novel. Bring in your book and your "evidence" of active reading strategies. I will check on your work. Have you come up with a final assignment for your novel? Bring that with you to work on and discuss.