One week until spring break!  (These assignments are for the week of 3/26) Weekly Assignments 1st and 3rd Periods This week we are going to read Treasure Island and discuss with each other using Edmodo. I will change group leaders on Monday in class. 2nd and 4th Periods This week we will take turns teaching each other writing skills in preparation for the milestones. We will start a new book Tuck Everlasting. ANNOUNCEMENTS One week until spring break! Last Class: Taking charge of your learning Next Class: Milestones! I Lesson/Learning Target: I will be able to use Thinking Maps to support my writing I will be able to recognize different genres of reading and writing: I will begin to write routinely each day

Words to remember rhetoric: effective speech and writing pathos: an appeal to human emotions ethos: your good reputation logos: logical, or reasonable appeal argument: reasoning or issue audience: the person or people you address with your writing or speech