Welcome! January 31st, 2017 Tuesday Do Now Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

Tuesday January 31, 2017 Each year on the second Monday in January, people in japan celebrate Seijin- no-hi. In English, that means Coming of Age Day. Special events are held on that day four young people how reached age 20 during the previous year. At age 20, young people in Japan are thougt to be adults. Young men where suits on Seijin-no-hi, and women ware ornate kimonos called furisodes. In Japan, 20-years-old have many rites, including the write to vote.

Journal Heading Now, it’s time to read!  Get out a new sheet of paper and write the heading below: Name 1/31/17 CP10: World Lit Beowulf RAFT Project

Beowulf RAFT Project Instead of questions for today, you’re going to work on a RAFT project after we finish Beowulf. In this assignment, your job is to take on the role of a specific character in Beowulf and write a short piece from their perspective. Choose one of the options on your handout (make sure you clear your idea with me if you choose #5). You will be graded according to the following: Creativity/Effort (including class time used): 10 Completion (1pg min.): 10 Accuracy (at least three specific textual details used): 15 Total: ____/35

ACT Prep: Punctuation Once you finish with your Beowulf questions, try out the ACT Punctuation Practice. If you don’t understand anything or need something reworded, I’d be happy to explain it to you in a different way. Just let me know. 