Valentine's Day

2D1
-identified the various parts of a newspaper through a fact finding mission - mission completed (I hope)
-identfied main parts of a news article (overhead note)

Homework
-read Mockingbird

Tomorrow
-closer look at the news article through another fact finding mission and a group work assignment

Next week
-introduction to the oral presentation and comparison/contrast paragraph (both formal assignments)

3C1
-element of fiction - setting (overhead note)
-introduction and begin reading "The Mosters are Due on Maple Street" (page 47)

Tomorrow
-elements of fiction - theme and nemesis
-finish "Monsters"

Next week
-quiz on first 3 stories and elements of fiction
-writing assignment #1