1. (Agenda) Journal: Run-ons & Fragments – Correct them!
Mini-Lessons (first half)
Newspaper Index + example (CNN News website)
Reversal – define + example
Irregular Adjectives – explain + examples
INDIVIDUAL Work on Study Guide (last half)

2. *Study Guides due TOMORROW (Mar 8) *ELA T-2 Final Monday (Mar 11)
Thursday, March 7, 2013
JOURNAL: Please grab the worksheet (next to journals) and complete the side for irregular adjectives.
*Study Guides due TOMORROW (Mar 8)
*ELA T-2 Final Monday (Mar 11)

3. Grammar: IRREGULAR Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
COMPARATIVE FORM
SUPERLATIVE FORM
*good
*bad
far
fun
boring
famous
ill
better
worse
farther
more fun
more boring
more famous
best
worst
farthest
most fun
most boring
most famous
*See handout

4. News Writing: Newspaper Index
A guide for locating specific sections and subsections of a newspaper by listing page numbers or by linking to subpages
Example: CNN News Website

5. Fiction: Reversal
The sudden reversal of fortune in a story, play, or any narrative in which there is an observable change in direction
Can also be similar to an epiphany – characters learn what they did not expect to learn
Can be for good or bad

6. LAST HALF OF CLASS Complete study guide (notes available)
Work on other homework / LIBRARY TIME (5 students at a time)