Welcome Back! January 25th, 2016 Wednesday 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 

Wednesday January 25, 2016 Alaska, what is nicknamed The Last Frontier," became a state on Janaury 3, 1959. Did you now that in 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from Russia four a price of $7.2 million. At just 2 cents an acre, that was a bargain! Alaska is rich in forests wildlife and minerals such as gold. The king salmon is the state fish, and it's state gem is jade Dog mushing, once a mane form of transportation in Alaska, is its official sport.

Figurative Language Pop Quiz! Hey guys! I’ve got a terrible surprise for you – we’re going to have a quiz today. BUT, we’re going to spend the first half of class before lunch playing review jeopardy. Yay!  I’m going to take the next minute or so to split you into groups. Once you get with your groups, choose one person to be the writer. The writer needs to get out a sheet of paper and write your group member’s names at the top. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Montrese Shien Demetrius Azea Ty’John Samya Jamar Destiny Aunye Katelyn Drevon Dionna Octavia Will Mia De’Shain Jacob Josh Serenatee

Figurative Language Quiz! Remember, this is a quiz. Absolutely no talking, looking at other people’s quizzes, looking at your phone, ect. If you do, you will get one warning. Anything after that and you will receive a zero for your quiz  Once you finish, raise your hand and I will take your quiz from you. After you finish your quiz, there is still no talking – you should work on page 13 in your figurative language packet (which our last assignment in this unit! Yay!) Remember to do your best 