Agenda, January 8

Starting Thursday: Independent reading. If you have a book at home, bring it.
Due at the end of the class on Thursday: Typed copy of short story. Your life is easier if you turn it in sooner.

Today's Learning Targets:

I can work with my classmates to review the elements of literature.
I can use a grammar decoder to correct errors in conventions.
I can use deductive reasoning to determine the rules for parenthetical commas.

1. New Year? New seating chart!
2. How we spent our winter break
3. Every-day Edits
4. Comma Rule #2: The Parenthetical Comma