1. PLEASE GET YOUR BINDER AND GO TO YOUR ASSIGNED SEATS!

2. Bellringer: 1/4/16 ◦Write 1-2 paragraphs using as many vocabulary words as possible, and describe how you spent your Winter Break. ◦You have 60 words to choose from!

3. Announcements! (Welcome back!) ◦Today ◦IRP Crafty Projects are due! ◦Tomorrow ◦Last day to make-up Vocab Quiz 1-12 ◦Wednesday ◦Reading Day- Bring something to read! ◦Thursday ◦Vocab Review ◦Friday ◦Vocabulary Summative ◦Monday, January 11 th ◦Last day to turn in work for the second quarter

4. IRP Project Presentations ◦25 pts of your total project grade. ◦Tell us the title and author of your book ◦Sell your book- ◦What is it about? ◦Why would anyone want to read it? ◦No spoilers! ◦Rate your book out of 5 stars ◦Explain your crafty project. ◦3-5 minutes

5. Reminders ◦Quarter 2: ends next week ◦Formatives- 5 school days to turn in ◦Summatives- Until the end of the quarter (Monday, January 11 th )

6. Vocabulary Poems Option 1 ◦Line 1- Write the vocab word ◦Line 2- Describe something associated with it ◦Line 3- Simile or metaphor (what it’s like) ◦Line 4- Adverb (Where) ◦Example: Photosynthesis makes me think of Spring like a little sugar factory in a leafy green plant Option 2 ◦Line 1- Write the vocab word ◦Line 2- Verb ◦Line 3- Verb Phrase ◦Line 4- Three Adjectives ◦Example: Amnesty Forgive Pardoned by the government Diplomatic, official, benevolent.