Quiet reading time was given.
I read out the paragraphs you wrote when I asked you "What did you learn" last week when we read and discussed at length the article on the conjoined Hensel twins. Interesting stuff and you all continued to impress me with your understanding of the central theme to our studies this year.
Students were advised that the short story assignment that was assigned over a week ago, will be due on Monday, April 12th. Our final novel test on The Chrysalids will be Thursday, April 15th.
We then read some photocopied notes I prepared on How to use direct quotations properly in literary writing. Along with those notes were ten example sentences (the sentences were all punctuated incorrectly; students corrected them and then we went over)
Also, and very importantly, we spend the second half of our long block on Wednesday working on an in class paragraph assignment. This assignment was In CLASS and was handed in at 11:30am. And, it's important to note, that for this assignment, I once again wrote, myself, three example paragraphs for you to read (a failing paragraph, a marginal paragraph, and a superlative one!)
Florina, the handouts and assignments mentioned in the last two paragraphs (above) are in the box here at school and you'll get them ASAP. (Also, the Hensel twins article is being sent up to you also.)
