Be sure to finish one book (minimum) Many students are almost finished book number 2. You need to read at home in order to make USSR more fun. Once you get involved in a book, it is easier to keep reading it. Focus during class so that you get at least 15 pages read per day.
Today: We added the next two words: altercation and decrepit
We finished reading Haunted House and chose one of the following questions to guide our reading. If you were absent, choose one of the questions below and underline key passages that will support your answers. Once finished the story, write your answers to the question in point form.
Demonstrate, with three examples, how the author prepares the reader for Shelly's decision at the end of the story.
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Discuss the final image in the story--bubbles, blowing bubbles. Explain how this image adds to the theme of the story.
Homework: Read waaaaaay ahead in your USSR books. YAY.
Start thinking about what you want to write about in your short story.
Tomorrow, we will read Claremont grad's story, "Sick Pigeon", by M.A.C. (Marian) Farrant.
