Agenda, October 2

Do Every Day: Read 30 (15 in class and 15 or more at home). Be sure to mark your reading on your bookmark as you finish.

Due Thursday: Bookmark 2

Due Friday: Short Story (we'll work on it all week)  

Still confused about the parenthetical comma? Go here for a different explanation and go here for more practice.

Today's learning targets:

I can use a plot pyramid to organize ideas for a short story.

I can practice what good readers do.

I can correctly use a comma in direct address

1. Personal Reading
2. A Model Question
3. Comma Rule #3: Add the comma
4. How to begin?
5. Build your own plot pyramid / Begin drafting. Plot Pyramid due by the end of class today.