Welcome! January 9th, 2018 Tuesday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Tuesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to guess the meaning of the word. Make sure you explain your thinking! Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

Paris Hilton comes from an illustrious family in the hotel business. Read the following sentence and guess the meaning of the word illustrious based on the context. Paris Hilton comes from an illustrious family in the hotel business. If someone is illustrious, they are well known, respected, and Admired for past achievements. © Presto Plans

Socratic Seminar Requirements Expected to speak at least twice: Both comments need an explanation. For example, don’t just say, “I don’t think the narrator is reliable.” Tell us why. Be sure to be prepared to speak in response to more than just two questions, in case someone’s answer is very similar to yours. If you have the same answer, that’s okay, but make sure you have different textual evidence to support it. If you speak more than once, your BEST comments will be graded.

Ixl For the rest of class, we have two IXLs to complete: C.7 and C.9 in the 10th Grade Language Arts section. Both IXLs cover pronoun (I, you, he, she, him her, it, they, etc.) errors. These will both be due tomorrow at 4pm. If you manage to finish these early, you may also begin working on your IXL homework for the week (due Friday at 3pm): D.6 in the 10th Grade Language Arts Section.