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- Passionate Poetic Perspective Project – Presentations on Monday May 28
- Truth and Torture – Last day to work on it is Tuesday May 22. We will be sharing this in class on Thursday May 24.
- Reading Response was due today.
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- We will be having our discussion for the literature circles on Wednesday‘s beginning next week. This means that you will need to have your roles ready for this time. We are providing you with plenty of time to read in class and you should also have time to work on / complete your roles and any of the other assignments associated with this.
- Short Stories – First draft needed to be completed on Monday, though less than one third of the class had it finished. Today we were working on peer editing and proofreading and this will continue tomorrow. On Tuesday and Wednesday next week you will have time to make the necessary changes and type your second draft.
- All planning for your short story (brainstorming, character questionnaire, plot chart/graph, and two narrative leads) is due tomorrow Thursday May 17.
- We will begin the Social Studies final project on Wednesday May 30.