1. February 14, 2011 Sentence Fluency “Moby Dick is a Whale” Day 4 What effect does the construction of the sentences in Paragraph 2 have on the overall fluency of the essay? – HINT: How many thoughts/ideas are in this paragraph? Cut the second sentence of Paragraph 2 into 2 or 3 sentences. Write your revision directly on the essay. Write a sentence about this essay using the words clarity and fluency. What effect does the construction of the sentences in Paragraph 2 have on the overall fluency of the essay? – HINT: How many thoughts/ideas are in this paragraph? Cut the second sentence of Paragraph 2 into 2 or 3 sentences. Write your revision directly on the essay. Write a sentence about this essay using the words clarity and fluency.

2. Student Goals Write final draft. – Add page numbers after quotations using MLA format. – Have a classmate revise and proofread using the Review tools! – Save your final draft in the shared folder. – Load to your wiki page. – Print a clean copy. Work on Vocabulary Brochure. Write final draft. – Add page numbers after quotations using MLA format. – Have a classmate revise and proofread using the Review tools! – Save your final draft in the shared folder. – Load to your wiki page. – Print a clean copy. Work on Vocabulary Brochure.

3. Skimming which of these books would best prepare a reader to understand what the author describes in “Hope”? A.Farming Techniques in the 1930s B.The Life and Times of Karen Hesse C.The Oklahoma Prairie D.The Phenomenon of The Dust Bowl Learning LogMonday, February 14, 2011 Explain why that text would be the BEST.

4. Homework Keep reading! Use post-its to mark places in text to support attributes. Keep reading! Use post-its to mark places in text to support attributes.