Change in plans...

Hey folks,

I’m so very sorry, but my daughter is still sick enough to have to stay home from school. So today’s plans have been thrown to the wind. Here are the new plans:

PLEASE keep your multi-genre project stuff. DO NOT turn it in to the sub. What we were going to do today, we’ll do on Monday instead, so bring ALL your drafts, notes, handouts to class then.

On the back wall, on the bottom shelf of the far right bookcase, are books called “Writer’s Choice.” Please use these for the hour and THEN RETURN THEM TO THE SHELF for the next class to use.

Please complete the following tasks on some paper and turn them in to the crate by the end of the period.
1. Look at the cover of the book, flip through the pages. In sentences, tell me what you think this book will be about?
2. Read pages 19-22; In sentences, explain what will this book do for you? How will it work?
3. In the book, they refer to “sentence combining” – This essentially refers to taking short, choppy sentences and “combining” them into longer, more creative sentences. In sentences, what advice do they give you about sentence combining?
4. Try completing the exercise on page 23 (“Playing First”) on your paper. Be sure to read their instructions! -- Make sure you use ALL of the information in their sentences, but you can decide how to combine the bits and pieces into paragraph of your own style. You can delete unnecessary (repetitive) words, and you can also add words/details of your own.
5. If you have time at the end of the period, why don’t a few people share their versions aloud – notice how there are so many different ways to write the same information!