Agenda, January 13

• Due Now and Every Day: Bring an independent reading book to class.   
• Do Tonight: Read for 15 minutes.
• If you signed an honors agreement, your 1st project is due on January 23.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can read for pleasure.
• I can read closely and carefully.
• I can identify elements of style as I read.
• I can use a graphic organizer to clarify my understanding.
• I can use a freewrite to clarify my thinking.

Today's Agenda:

1. Independent reading
2. The Elements of Style
3. Mango Street Graphic Organizer
4. Journal #2 
5. The House on Mango Street read aloud