Monday:

• The Great Vocabulary Competition - Round Three
• Finish Introductions and Conclusions
• Begin working on transitions and concrete language for essays.

Class Canceled

Friday:

• A special Halloween journal entry activity.  Click on one of the links below and write a reaction to what you read. Did you learn anything new?  Anything surprise you?
•  The Story of Halloween
•  The Days of the Dead
•  The Witches Caldron
• Finally, we'll conclude our journal time by listening to a scary song!
• Vocabulary -- pages 108-109
• Finish drafting Essay 1 - Work on the body today.
• Read pages 114-115
• At the end of class, look at the checklist on 144-145.  How many questions can you answer 
  "yes" to?
• Homework: Bring a draft of your essay on Monday.  Drafts must be typed and they should be saved on a floppy disk as well.  Come to class on time.  If you're late and the peer review groups have already formed, you're out of luck.