 Check Folders  Take out Thesis Statements  Take Survey

 What is a symbol?  What do the following represent?

 Get in your color groups  Bring your discussion worksheets

 Come up with a common definition for a hook with the people at your table (it should be no more than 15 words)

 The first sentence of an essay which engages the reader

 A quote by a famous individual  A quote from the text  A question (NOT a rhetorical question)  Dialogue  Song lyrics  A profound or controversial statement  Onomotopoea (Zap! Meow! Bang!)

 Pay to play programs  Rising costs of college  Off campus lunch policy

 Personal Pronouns refer to specific people or things  I love you.  Singular: I, me, you, she, he, her, him, it  Plural: we, us, you, they, them

 Possessive pronouns indicate ownership  This is my house.  Singular: my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its  Plural: our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs

 Reflexive pronouns indicate that the person or thing that performs the action also receives the action  I hurt myself.  Singular: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself  Plural: ourselves, yourselves, themselves

 Relative pronouns introduce subordinate clauses that modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence  Annette is the one who came up with the idea.  Who, whom, whose, which, that

 Demonstrative pronouns identify or point to specific nouns  This is my house.  This, that, these, those

 Indefinite pronouns refer to non-specific people or things  Has anybody seen my keys?  all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, neither, none, nobody, no one, nothing, one, several, some, somebody, someone, something

 Interrogative pronouns introduce questions  What is going on here?  Who, whom, whose, which, what

Do You Agree With the Following? 1. In America, everyone has the same chance to succeed as everyone else. 2. A hero is someone who succeeds at whatever he or she sets out to do. 3. Majority rule is the best way because most people do what is right. 4. A model family consists of a father, a mother, and children. 5. Girls should act like girls, and boys should act like boys.