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October 31 No School Happy Halloween!!
=We finished the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and turned in the book last week. Please have students look around the house, book bags, and in their lockers for extra copies of the book. Individuals accidently took home more than one copy and now I am missing ten books.= = = =I am enjoying teaching this unit. So far we covered bullying, grieving, and cultural differences. We will be building on these themes the next three weeks as we work through the writing process for research papers.= = = =This week we are doing Greek Roots 7, quiz on Friday. Students need to bring in a book for SSR reading after quiz.= = = =Writing process: Pre-write--We will be brainstorming research paper ideas and collecting quotes from the novel.= = = =We will be reading a couple of stories from Lakota Stories to explore cultural value differences. This book is terrific for this and very interesting.= = = =Have a terrific week,= =Brenda Lamb= =Lambenglish1.wikispaces.com= =324-2569=