February 7, 2006

Homework:
Flashcards for Unit 9
Quiz Unit 9 Thursday
Work on "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" essay

Today we started to look at the three essays. I am going to have two people read through the three essays they wrote. (Each student gives his folder to two people.) They will make suggestions for which essay to hand in to be scored and which essay would be best to read to the class. If you think about it, the best essay to be scored might not be what an audience wants to hear. I want them to think about how the two essays differ in purpose.

There will be a first round of the spelling bee tomorrow. It will look like a spelling test. That is to weed out the best spellers quickly. Then there will be a second round. Finally, the top speller will be determined by the typical spell off.