Book Reports

      There were some extremely well-written book reports. One was on Bless Me, Ultima. The student made a brilliant analysis of the elements of a novel. Her insights into the characters were penetrating. Kudos to you, Kaitlynn O!

Narrative Essay

       Seventh grade writing students, congratulations. Your narrative essays revealed maturity of thought and effective use of techniques. I'm happy with many of your pieces. Numerous students got 3's and 4's!

Expository Essay

       This coming week we will be writing an expository essay, employing the various strategies we discussed in class. Notable among these strategies are funnel, quotation, turnaround, and controlling idea in the introduction (FunQuotTurnC).

        For the body paragraph, we have reason, explanation, caution,anecdote,fact,example,opinion (RECAFEO).

        The conclusion has reflection,insight,opinion (RIA)

Second Six Weeks Test

      We will have a full blown revising and editing test on the week of November 3-7. I know we will have a hundred percent passing this time!