Table of Contents
Writing
Sections -- From the back:
Books I'd Like to Read
Books I've Read
Vocabulary
My Wonderful Words
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Table of Contents
Writing
8-25-09 ____________ smelled lie _______, _______, and ________. (commas in a series)
8-27-09 Let me tell you something about. . . (using commas in a series)
9-1-09 Combining sentences
9-3-09 How'd They Do It? (What’s different?) -- [Classes may not have written anything on this.]
9-8-09 Using the colon to introduce a series of details
9-16-09 Writing descriptively about candy-- hopefully using a colon to introduce a series of details
9-28-09 Ask a question.
10-1-09 Should Johnny (in the Outsiders) go to prison or get the death penalty? Why or why not?
10-7-09 Tell about how you studied for the test on our seventh grade commonly confused words? What do you still need to learn? How will you learn it?
10-14-09 Prompt based on The Outsiders, page 121 -- prompt based on Johnny's lament.
"Under writing, record today's date, then answer the question, "What do you want to see and experience and accomplish during your life?"
Johnny says on page 121, "I don't want to die now. It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many things I ain't seen. It's not fair." So what do you want to see and experience and accomplish before you die?"
Vocabulary -- words and definitions -- Both the word and the definition are needed.
setting
background knowledge
protagonist
antagonist
character development
character traits
conflict -- with the types of conflict
topic
theme
