Monday

Objectives:

• Draft body paragraphs of comparison/contrast essay.

Daily Grammar Practice Week (Monday – parts of speech).  Use the plan you made to draft the two body paragraphs for your comparison/contrast essay.  The first paragraph should explain how you and the main character are alike.  The second paragraph should explain how you and the main character are different.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.

Tuesday

Objectives:

• Craft a lead.

Daily Grammar Practice Week (Tuesday – sentence parts).   Use one of the suggestions from your notes to craft a lead for your comparison essay.  Your lead should hook the reader and state what your essay is about in a thesis.
Homework: Read a book of your choice for 15-30 minutes.

Wednesday

Objectives:

• Craft a conclusion for your essay.

Daily Grammar Practice Week (Wednesday – clauses, sentence type and purpose).  Use your notes to craft a conclusion for your essay.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.

Thursday

Objectives:

• Choose a book to read.

Daily Grammar Practice Week (Thursday – Correct capitalization and punctuation).   Once you have finished typing your essay, we will go to the library to choose books.  Think about what you would like to read over the break.  Don’t let yourself have a book emergency!
Homework: Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.

Friday

Objectives:

• Celebrate the end of first semester.

Daily Grammar Practice Week (Friday – Sentence diagramming). We’ve made it halfway through the school year.  In the morning we will go the gym for the Operation Spirit Convocation.  Homerooms will present the canned good collected for the Coordinating Council and different groups will perform.  Fourth period will be as normal.  In the afternoon, students may choose an activity of their choice for the Winter Carnival.
Homework:  Enjoy your Winter Break.  Make time to read!