1. Welcome! September 28th, 2017 Thursday
Grab a Chromebook, sign in, and close the screen. 
Welcome! September 28th, Thursday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Thursday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find the errors in the post.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. Correct the spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors in the following social media post.
What’s on your mind?
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3. Congratulations: Congratulations was misspelled.
cousin, and he’s: A comma should be used to separate two complete sentences with a conjunction (and). The apostrophe was also missing in the word he’s.
planning: Planning was misspelled.
four: Numbers under 10 should be written.
believe: Believe was misspelled.
?: A question was asked, so a question mark must be used.
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4. Thomas Paine By the age of 12, Thomas had failed out of school
Began apprenticing for his father, but failed.
At age 19, Paine went to sea. This adventure didn't last too long.
By 1768 he found himself as a (tax) officer in England but was discharged.
Met Benjamin Franklin, who helped him emigrate to Philadelphia.
His career turned to journalism
Produced The American Crisis ( ), which helped inspire the Army.
This pamphlet was so popular that as a percentage of the population, it was read by or read to more people than today watch the Super Bowl.

5. The Crisis
A series of sixteen pamphlets published irregularly over a period of seven years (1776–1783)
The Crisis, No. 1 was published on December 23, 1776.
Written while he was serving as an enlisted soldier in the Continental army
Designed to boost morale among patriots in the early years of the war with Great Britain
George Washington ordered that The Crisis, No. 1 be read to the troops, and soon all Americans had the opportunity to read it

6. The Crisis
Open up a Google Doc, share it with me, and put the header below at the top:
Your Name
The Date
Class/Block
Thomas Paine – The Crisis

7. The Crisis
Underneath today’s date, click on the document titled “thecrisis-text.”
Read the document and respond to the six questions at the end of your packet.
Be sure to use textual evidence when necessary! 
Once you’re finished, you’re welcome to work on your IXL for the week: B.2 and B.3.