1. Before the bell! ▪ Put your phone in the pocket folder. ▪ Make sure you have a print out of your essay. If you do not, get a laptop and get logged on. ▪ We’re going to work on correcting them today. ▪ Make sure you have your gradecam sheet and something to write with.

2. Today’s Writer’s Notebook Entry ▪ Find all of your misspelled words in your essay. Pick a sheet towards the back of your notebook and label it “spelling words.” ▪ Look up in the paper dictionary the correct spelling and write them down in your notebook. ▪ For your entry, you will write about any topic you choose, but be sure to use your spelling words at least three times. Circle them.

3. Chapter 16 as you read… ▪ Highlight for theme, literary devices and vocab you don’t know. These things will come in handy on today’s assignment.

4. Chapter 17 as you read… ▪ Highlight for theme, literary devices and vocab you don’t know. These things will come in handy on today’s assignment.