Week of September 21-25


Writing 

During the week we will be working on complex sentences.  Also, we will continue to work on our narrative essays. We will continue to discuss the criteria needed to have a well developed essay.

Words of the week:

jocular - playful or joking
                 ex. My friends and I have a jocular time together.
rancid - having a rotten smell or taste
                 ex. A rotten egg would smell rancid.

Wordy Words

This week we will start with lesson 2.  As a class we will discuss words and analyze them.  Don't forget that the end of the first 6 weeks is almost here.  We will work on a mini video with our words  next week.



Reminders:



*Monday  - Attendance pledge must be signed and returned to homeroom teacher.

* Wednesday  -  Early Release September 23, 2015  

*HESTEC trip planned for October.  Students need to bring in $5 for trip.