August 10:

We viewed a Brain Pop on plagiarism and took a quiz over the video. 

We answered today's EQ in our INB and paraphrased a short biography on Lois Lowry.  See the first nine weeks folder for more information and handouts.

August 11:

Fall Writing Screener

August 12:

Today we looked at the definition and characteristics of dystopian and utopian societies. 

August 13:

Students compared and contrasted the two types of societies using a Venn diagram.

August 14:

Students turned in the essays we worked on in class Thursday.

The Giver Pre-reading quickwrite

The Giver Vocabulary Chapter 1-2.  Students wrote the words and definitions on page 18 of their INB.  The words are also located on my website.  

We read chapter one of The Giver aloud.