1. Warming up by trying out Turnitin.com with our writing assessments
- Step One: Delete everything on your timed writing document except for the essay itself.
- Step Two: Type an MLA heading at the top of your document.
- Step Three: Read through the Turn It In letter and fill in the following information:
- Our class ID: 9074074
- Our class enrollment password: english10
- Step Four: Set up a Turn It In account by following the directions in the letter
- Step Five: Submit your timed writing to Turn It In and read your originality report
2. Browsing your Kite Runner vocabulary for the week (Chapters 15-20) and making flashcards using your favorite app
3. Playing Scattegories to learn some of this week's tougher words
Round 1
1. A garrulous teacher or coach you've had
2. A habit that a pragmatic student might have
3. Something an affable student would say to another student
4. A rotund object
5. Something a first hour student would do to exude exhaustion
Round 2
1. An event that would leave you feeling disoriented
2. Something you would say to reconcile your relationship with your parents
3. A comment Ms. Leclaire might write on your essay if you had given it only a cursory proofreading
4. A statement that a rueful English 10 student might make
5. A subject worthy of your rumination
Round 3
1. A contemptuous gesture that a student might make in the hallway
2. A subject/topic that stupefies you
3. Something generous you could do to help out a destitute population during the holidays
4. A food that is unadulterated (pure; not contaminated by inferior substances)
5. Something we have an ample supply of here in English 10
HW:
1. Please read and annotate the final chapters of The Kite Runner for our last fishbowl discussion on Thursday; leaders should prepare their syllabus.
2. Start making flashcards for the next vocabulary list, which covers Chapters 15-20.
3. If you are giving your book talk this Friday, please prepare and rehearse it.
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