Weekly Syllabus

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The Crucible

• Click here to explore some of the many "text to text" connections and resources for The Crucible.
• Explore the text of the stage play and screenplay:
  • Original trailer for Miller's 1996 screenplay version.
  • Cast & Crew of the 1996 screenplay version.
  • Lit. book - page 1257 full text of Miller's original play (stage version).
• Click here to download a viewer's response and journal for The Crucible
• Continue viewing and responding to The Crucible- viewer's response/journal#1 (corresponding script pages 1258 - 1271)
• Due at the start of class on Wednesday, 11/9/11:
• Contemporary Literature: Arthur Miller Research Activity (competency # 2).
• Submission of research paper final draft to digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com

Tracking Thoreau

• What kind of detail should be in your nature journal entry? Click here and see an example of an "A" nature journal entry.
• Click here and see the scoring rubric for nature journal entries.
• Learn some "tips and tricks" for a successful nature journal experience.
• Head outside to complete our October Nature Journal Entry & November Nature Journal
• Complete work not completed in class.

The Crucible

• Click here to explore some of the many "text to text" connections and resources for The Crucible.
• Explore the text of the stage play and screenplay:
  • Original trailer for Miller's 1996 screenplay version.
  • Cast & Crew of the 1996 screenplay version.
  • Lit. book - page 1257 full text of Miller's original play (stage version).
• Click here to download a viewer's response and journal for The Crucible
• Continue viewing and responding to The Crucible- viewer's response/journal#2 (corresponding script pages 1271 - 1287).
• Complete viewer's response/journal# 1 by reviewing the scene between Abby and John on pages 1269 - 1271. Choose one or more of the following questions to respond to and follow your ideas, wherever they lead, until you have filled the page:
  • Did John and Abby really have an affair or did they just flirt with the idea of an affair?
  • What is Abby's primary goal?
  • What is John's primary goal?
• Complete viewer's response/journal# 2 by reviewing the scene between Tituba and Hale on pages 1284 – 1286. Choose one or more of the following questions to respond to and follow your ideas, wherever they lead, until you have filled the page:
  • Why does Hale come to Salem?
  • What motivates Hale to be a witch “expert”?
  • Does Hale have any reason to see anyone falsely accused?
  • Would Hale have been satisfied if he had found no evidence of witchcraft?

The Crucible

• Click here to explore some of the many "text to text" connections and resources for The Crucible.
• Explore the text of the stage play and screenplay:
  • Original trailer for Miller's 1996 screenplay version.
  • Cast & Crew of the 1996 screenplay version.
  • Lit. book - page 1257 full text of Miller's original play (stage version).
• Click here to download a viewer's response and journal for The Crucible
• Continue viewing and responding to The Crucible- viewer's response/journal#3 (corresponding script pages 1291 - 1303).
• Complete viewer's response/journal# 3 by reviewing the scene between Rev. Hale, John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor on pages 1300 – 1302. Choose one or more of the following questions to respond to and follow your ideas, wherever they lead, until you have filled the page with your thinking:
  • When questioned by Reverend Hale, John Proctor is unable to recall all ten of the Ten Commandments. The Puritans believed that a good Christian would never forget a commandment. What do you believe? Is this an indication of his lack of faith or something else? Suggest as many reasons as possible and consider, especially, the context of this scene.

No School: Veteran's Day

11/7/11

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11/11/11

The Crucible

• Click here to explore some of the many "text to text" connections and resources for The Crucible.
• Explore the text of the stage play and screenplay:
  • Original trailer for Miller's 1996 screenplay version.
  • Cast & Crew of the 1996 screenplay version.
  • Lit. book - page 1257 full text of Miller's original play (stage version).
• Click here to download a viewer's response and journal for The Crucible
• Continue viewing and responding to The Crucible- viewer's response/journal#4 (corresponding script pages 1303 - 1335).
• Complete viewer's response/journal# 4 by reviewing the scene where the Mary Warren testifies before the court on pages 1328 - 1332. Choose one or more of the following questions to respond to and follow your ideas, wherever they lead, until you have filled the page with your thinking:
  • Why can’t Mary faint?
  • Why do the judges see Mary’s inability to faint as evidence?
  • How does the pressure placed on Mary influence her actions and testimony?
  • Why and how does John Proctor intervene?

OR

• Complete viewer's response/journal# 4 by reviewing the courtroom scene where Elizabeth testifies on pages 1334- 1335. Choose one or more of the following questions to respond to and follow your ideas, wherever they lead, until you have filled the page with your thinking:
  • What is significant about Reverend Hale’s reaction to John Proctor’s admission of his affair with Abby?
  • Why did Elizabeth Proctor try to keep her knowledge of the affair hidden?

The Crucible

• Click here to explore some of the many "text to text" connections and resources for The Crucible.
• Explore the text of the stage play and screenplay:
  • Original trailer for Miller's 1996 screenplay version.
  • Cast & Crew of the 1996 screenplay version.
  • Lit. book - page 1257 full text of Miller's original play (stage version).
• Click here to download a viewer's response and journal for The Crucible
• Continue viewing and responding to The Crucible- viewer's response/journal#5 (corresponding script pages 1335 - end).
• Complete viewer's response/journal# 5 by reviewing the scene where John Proctor is asked to sign a confession on pages 1356 - 1357. Choose one or more of the following questions to respond to and follow your ideas, wherever they lead, until you have filled the page with your thinking:
  • Would you be able to lie to save yourself?
  • Would you be able to lie if it meant condemning your friends?
  • Which one of John Proctor’s reasons for refusing to sign the confession is most compelling to you?
• THEN ....prepare for essay test by reading an article written by Arthur Miller (see handout).

The Crucible

• Portfolio Rodeo - adding journa/response pages to our portfolios.
• Discuss all viewer's responses and journals.
• Discuss film as a whole.
• Begin take-home essay test on The Crucible. This essay test must be completed and in your digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com by the end of your class period on Monday. This essay test gives you another opportunity to pass competency # 1 and competency # 4.
• Begin work on take-home essay test for The Crucible which must be completed and in your digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm Monday (11/21/11).
• Complete SAT practice essay "A" (handout). Be sure to set a timer to 25 minutes.

Writing Workshop Meets the SAT

• Discuss The Crucible, your viewer's responses, the Miller article and essay test questions.
• Check out SAT information at the College Board's Website.
• Try out the SAT Question of the Day.
• Explore the structure of the full SAT.
• Discover opportunities to take a practice SAT online and for free.
• Click here to learn more about the essay part of the SAT.
• Get ready to score your SAT practice essay "A" (last night's homework).
• Look at the scoring rubric for the SAT essay.
• As a table group, score a set of sample essays. Which table will get the most correct?
• Swap and score the SAT practice essay you completed for homework last night.
• Continue work on take-home essay test for The Crucible which must be completed and in your digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm Monday (11/21/11).
• Don't forget to do Blizzard Bag Activity tomorrow.

No School: Parent-Teacher Conference Day

Blizzard Bag Assignment: Complete SAT practice essay "B" (handout). Be sure to set a timer to 25 minutes.

11/14/11

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11/18/11

Writing Workshop

• Hand-in SAT practice essay "B" (Blizzard Bag assignment).
• Continue work on take-home essay test for The Crucible which must be completed and in your digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm tonight, Monday (11/21/11).

American Tall-Tales and Legends

• Get ready to score your SAT practice essay "A" and SAT practice essay “B” by scoring a set of “anchor” paper. Use this scoring rubric for the SAT essay and complete with other table groups to see which table scores most accurately.
• Read our Thanksgiving poem of the day.
• Learn about the Story Behind Alice's Restaurant from NPR
• Listen to (and read along) "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie. (You'll have to navigate to the lyrics from here.)
• Explore these links to learn about American Folktales, Tall-Tales & Legends
  • Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
  • American Folklore
• Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!

Pilgrims and Native Americans were on YouTube?!! Huh? Check it out:

And go to Plimoth Plantation for lots of wonderful Thanksgiving surfing!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!

Happy Thanksgiving!! Explore Thanksgiving Poetry from the American Academy of Poets

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!

Turkey day is done! Take time to relax and also take a moment to check X2 to see if there's any work missing. (Hint: If something's missing, get it done!)

11/21/11

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11/25/11

Writing Workshop

• Finish-up scoring SAT practice essays "A" and "B" using the scoring rubric for the SAT.
• Start a vocab. log for term 2. (This time they'll all be PowerPoint logs. The Google-Docs component will be completed following Thanksgiving break. Don't worry about that today.)
• Today, you will do a "Common SAT Words" vocab. log. (NOTE: You don't need to download this log. A copy of the log has been placed in your class folder. Save a copy of this vocab. long entry "Common SAT Words to your Z.)
• Complete the vocab. log entry for SAT words by following the directions posted here.
• Finish vocab. log work at Google-Apps then explore the Mark Twain Scrapbook in prep. for a writing prompt response tomorrow.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Learn about open reader's responses. These responses will help you engage in a dialogue with the text and open your process up to me.
• Download and begin open reader's response entry # 1 by responding to the following prompt:
• Using the Mark Twain Scrapbook as your jumping off point, which aspect of Twain's personal history was most interesting to you? Why? Follow this thought wherever it leads you by writing for a full five minutes without stopping.
• Click here and begin exploring some text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Follow reading and reader's response schedule for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: "Notice" - Chapter IV (Entry # 1).

  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Follow reading and reader's response schedule for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapter V - Chapter VII (Entry # 1).

 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Vocab. log conferences
• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Follow reading and reader's response schedule for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapter VIII - Chapter X (Entry # 1).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Vocab. log conferences
• Log-on to www.turnitin.com for to discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text. (This will be open through Monday, 12/5/11.)
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Download and begin open reader's response entry # 2 by responding to the following prompt:
  • Select and copy a passage from Chapters I - X as the starting point for this prompt response. Then follow this passage with your own ideas, using one or more of the following bullets to get you started:
  • This passage makes me wonder...
  • I can't believe that...
  • It will be interesting to see if...
  • A connection I can make to this passage is...
  • Follow your thoughts wherever they lead you by writing for a full five minutes without stopping.
• Follow reading and reader's response schedule for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapter XI - Chapter XIII (Entry # 2).

11/28/11

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12/2/11

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Vocab. log conferences
• View and discuss selected scenes from Disney's The Adventures of Huck Finn - compare to Twain's original.
• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XIV – XV (Entry # 2).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XVI- XVII (Entry # 2).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XVIII – XIX (Entry # 2).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Reading Conferences.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XX – XXI (Entry # 3).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Reading Conferences.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XXII – XXIV (Entry # 3).

12/5/11

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12/9/11

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Begin Vocab. Log # 2 – Words in Context. Use your reader’s responses to help you identify five words for your log. Due Date: Friday, 12/16/11 (midnight).
• Explore multi-genre writing.
• Select from any of the genres identified as a Media Article posted here. Create a rough draft of this item to add to your developing reader's response (Entry # 3). Work on this for at least five minutes. Write without stopping and follow your ideas, wherever they lead. Print this up and add it to entry # 3. If you run short of time, you can upload this to Google-Docs and finish it at home.
• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XXV - XXII (Entry # 3)
• Don’t forget to get Vocab. Log Entry # 2 done by the end of the week.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XXVIII - XXX (Entry # 4)
• Don’t forget to get Vocab. Log Entry # 2 done by the end of the week.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• View and discuss selected scenes from Ken Burns’ documentary Mark Twain.
• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XXXI- XXXIII (Entry # 4)
• Don’t forget to get Vocab. Log Entry # 2 done by the end of the week.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XXXIV - XXXVI (Entry # 4)
• Don’t forget to get Vocab. Log Entry # 2 done by the end of the week.
• Complete the following prompt (part of reader's response entry # 4). Select and copy a passage from Chapters XXVIII – (“Overreaching Don’t Pay”) to XXXIII (“The Pitiful Ending of Royalty”) as the starting point for this prompt response. Then follow this passage with your own ideas, using one or more of the following bullets to get you started:
  • This passage makes me wonder if...
  • It’s clear from this passage that...
  • A “text to text” (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) connection I can make to this passage is …

Follow your thoughts wherever they lead you by writing for a full five minutes without stopping.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Winter Pep Rally Day

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule: Chapters XXXVII- XXXIX (Entry # 5)
• Don’t forget to get Vocab. Log Entry # 2 done by the end of the week.

12/12/11

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12/16/11

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Read the Heinz Dilemma and then complete the following prompt (part of reader's response entry # 5). Choose one of the following prompt response ideas to add to your developing reader's response:
  • If I were Heinz, I would have…
  • If Heinz was on trial for this crime and I was the presiding judge, I would …
  • If I were the druggist, I would …

Write for five minutes without stopping and follow your ideas, wherever they lead

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Click here to continue your exploration of text connections to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain.
• Continue reading and responding to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - see reading and reader's response schedule- Chapter XL (“A Mixed-Up and Splendid Rescue”) through “Chapter the Last. Nothing More to Write.”

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Discuss reading and reader's responses - share your dialogue with the text.
• Discuss novel as a whole in preparation for essay test.
• Explore and discuss the following texts in preparation for essay test:
  • Fundamental Values Project - Center for Academic Integrity
  • Kohlberg Tutorial- SUNY Cortland - Faculty and Staff Web Services
  • Odysseus- Greek Mythology
  • Overcoming Obstacles to Ethical Behavior- USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
  • Online NewsHour: Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Twain Scholar)
  • Afterword by Keith Neilson; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (pages 295 - 300)
  • PBS: The American Novel- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Review reader's responses and texts (listed above) in preparation for essay test.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Essay Test (Day 1 of 2)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• Essay Test (Day 2 of 2)

Tracking Thoreau

• What kind of detail should be in your nature journal entry? Click here and see an example of an "A" nature journal entry.
• Click here and see the scoring rubric for nature journal entries.
• Learn some "tips and tricks" for a successful nature journal experience.
• Head outside to complete our December Nature Journal
• Complete work not completed in class.

12/19/11

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12/23/11

Holiday Break!

Happy New Year!!!

Portfolio Workshop

• Learn all about the semester Portfolio Project. You must complete this project and hand it in before the start of class on Monday, 1/9/12.
• Choose one or more of the items below to complete today:
  • Reading Section Introduction Page - Click here to begin.
  • Writing Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • L/S/V Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • Fall Semester Portfolio Cover Sheet- Click here to begin.
• Complete work not completed in class.

Portfolio Workshop

• Continue work on semester Portfolio Project. You must complete this project and hand it in before the start of class on Monday, 1/9/12.
• Choose one or more of the items below to complete today:
  • Reading Section Introduction Page - Click here to begin.
  • Writing Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • L/S/V Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • Fall Semester Portfolio Cover Sheet- Click here to begin.
• Complete work not completed in class.

Portfolio Workshop & Writing Workshop

• Go to your digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com and download your research paper.
• Follow these steps to begin the process of revising your paper.
• Individual writing conferences.
• Note Revision Deadline: Friday, January 13th.All revision work must be completed before the 3pm on Friday, January 13th. You must follow every step of the revision process to have your revision accepted. There will be some class time available for writing conferences. If you are unable to have a conference during class time, you must arrange for a conference during "E" period, "H" period or after school.
• Continue work on semester Portfolio Project. You must complete this project and hand it in before the start of class on Monday, 1/9/12.
• Choose one or more of the items below to complete today:
  • Reading Section Introduction Page - Click here to begin.
  • Writing Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • L/S/V Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • Fall Semester Portfolio Cover Sheet- Click here to begin.
• Complete work not completed in class.

Assembly: Day of Giving Celebration

Portfolio Workshop & Writing Workshop

• Go to your digital portfolio at www.turnitin.com and download your reflection paper.
• Follow these steps to begin the process of revising your paper.
• Individual writing conferences.
• Note Revision Deadline: Friday, January 13th.All revision work must be completed before the 3pm on Friday, January 13th. You must follow every step of the revision process to have your revision accepted. There will be some class time available for writing conferences. If you are unable to have a conference during class time, you must arrange for a conference during "E" period, "H" period or after school.
• Continue work on semester Portfolio Project. You must complete this project and hand it in before the start of class on Monday, 1/9/12.
• Choose one or more of the items below to complete today:
  • Reading Section Introduction Page - Click here to begin.
  • Writing Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • L/S/V Section Introduction Page- Click here to begin.
  • Fall Semester Portfolio Cover Sheet- Click here to begin.
• Complete work not completed in class.

1/2/12

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1/6/12

Term 2 Enrichment Activity (5 extra credit points)

Activity: Are you a poet but you just don't know it? Go to http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/ and create two (2) diamante poems. Print out a hard copy of each poem. Put your name and class period on the top of the hard copy. Hand-in to Mrs. Juster on or before Friday, 1/13/12.

Writing Workshop & American Short Stories

• Hand-in completed semester portfolio.
• Continue the process of revising your paper. Be sure to follow these steps.
• Individual writing conferences.
• Read and respond to "The Minister's Black Veil" by Hawthorne (p. 340 in your lit. book) and complete an open reader's response to hold your thinking.

Work on revisions- follow these steps. Note Revision Deadline: Friday, January 13th. All revision work must be completed before the 3pm on Friday, January 13th. You must follow every step of the revision process to have your revision accepted. There will be some class time available for writing conferences. If you are unable to have a conference during class time, you must arrange for a conference during "E" period, "H" period or after school.

Writing Workshop & American Short Stories

• Continue the process of revising your paper. Be sure to follow these steps.
• Individual writing conferences.
• Discuss responses to "The Minister's Black Veil" by Hawthorne.
• Discuss and explore possible essay test responses to short story.
• Read and respond to "Everyday Use" by Walker (p. 1090 in your lit. book) and complete an open reader's response to hold your thinking.

Work on revisions- follow these steps. Note Revision Deadline: Friday, January 13th. All revision work must be completed before the 3pm on Friday, January 13th. You must follow every step of the revision process to have your revision accepted. There will be some class time available for writing conferences. If you are unable to have a conference during class time, you must arrange for a conference during "E" period, "H" period or after school.

Writing Workshop & American Short Stories

• Continue the process of revising your paper. Be sure to follow these steps.
• Individual writing conferences.
• Discuss responses to "Everyday Use" by Walker.
• Discuss and explore possible essay test responses to short story.
• Read and respond to "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by O'Connor (p. 983 in your lit. book) and complete an open reader's response to hold your thinking.

Work on revisions- follow these steps. Note Revision Deadline: Friday, January 13th. All revision work must be completed before the 3pm on Friday, January 13th. You must follow every step of the revision process to have your revision accepted. There will be some class time available for writing conferences. If you are unable to have a conference during class time, you must arrange for a conference during "E" period, "H" period or after school.

Snow Day!

Important Notice About REVISIONS: Due to the snow day, the deadline for formal paper revisions/writing conferences has been extended. From 12:00pm to 2:00 pm during the week of exams, you may meet with Mrs. Juster for a writer's conference. Keep in mind that you must follow every step of the revision process to have your revision accepted.

Semester Final Exam Preparation

• Learn all about fall semester final exam & pick up hard copy of short story.
• Discuss reading and responses to "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by O'Connor (p. 983 in your lit. book).
• Continue the process of revising your paper. Be sure to follow these steps.
• Individual writing conferences.
• Follow these directions to prepare for the final exam.

Important Notice About REVISIONS: Due to the snow day, the deadline for formal paper revisions/writing conferences has been extended. From 12:00pm to 2:00 pm during the week of exams, you may meet with Mrs. Juster for a writer's conference. Keep in mind that you must follow every step of the revision process to have your revision accepted.

1/9/12

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1/13/12