Monday November 28, 2016 You need writers’ notebooks, composition books, and SSR books today. SSR time!

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Monday November 28, 2016 horribly hard middle school did not look much different from there elementary school which was nearby in their town of Tedious, mississippi. a big one story brick building set nestled among large trees and a verdant lawn and a small city of white portables dotted the field behind the school like white lily pads in a green pond

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8 Basic Comma Rules… pg. 32 **Paper passer outers (Alexis, Katie/Landyn, Mackenzie/ A.J., Emily-Kate) **Glue Sticks (Eli/Auburn/Celeste) 1- Separate Independent Clauses (FANBOYS) 2- After an Introductory Clause or Phrase 3- Items in a Series 4- Nonrestrictive Clauses 5- Appositives 6- Direct Address 7- Direct Quotes (DIALOGUE!) 8- Dates/Addresses/Titles/Numbers

Test! Did we annotate the way we practiced? “Turn, Turn, Turn, My Wheel” Number each line! Draw a line between 3-4, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22 Take 5 min. to annotate your particular section of the poem.

Turn, turn, my wheel! Turn round and round Without a pause, without a sound: So spins the flying world away!

This clay, well mixed with marl and sand, Follows the motion of my hand; For some must follow, and some command, Though all are made of clay!

Thus sang the Potter at his task Beneath the blossoming hawthorn-tree, While o’er his features, like a mask, The quilted sunshine and leaf-shade Moved, as the boughs above him swayed, And clothed him, till he seemed to be A figure woven in tapestry,

So sumptuously was he arrayed In the magnificent attire Of sable tissue flaked with fire. Like a magician he appeared, A conjurer without book or beard; And while he plied his magic art— For it was magical to me—  

I stood in silence and apart, And wondered more and more to see That shapeless, lifeless mass of clay Rise up to meet the master’s hand, And now contract and now expand, And even his slightest touch obey.

Test! Did you annotate the way we practiced? Group 1a: questions 1 & 2 Group 5b: question 12 Group 1b: question 3 Group 6a: question 13 Group 2a: question 4 Group 6b: question 14 Group 2b: questions 5-6 Group 7a: question 15 Group 3a: question 7 Group 7b: question 16 Group 3b: question 8 17, 18, 19 Group 4a: question 9 Group 4b: question 10 Group 5a: question 11

We need highlighters, folders, and paper passer outers! Friday November 18, 2016 We need highlighters, folders, and paper passer outers!

“HIROSHIMA; Enola Gay’s Crew Recalls the Flight into a New Era” First Read- listen as your classmates read aloud. Second Read- SILENTLY read to yourself and annotate out to the side. You don’t have to annotate every paragraph if you don’t think it’s important. (8 min.) Now, highlight the most IMPORTANT details you would include when telling someone about the Enola Gay dropping the atomic bomb.

Take a look at what it looks like. What is Morse code? Take a look at what it looks like. Now, you must create a brief memo to your loved one back home describing the incident with the Enola Gay and the atomic bomb.