November 5:
Portfolios
Fix It and vocab
TEST: Know all 8 supports for main idea or thesis in an essay.
Hints - remember the labels that go along with the stick-figure man
And, Mrs. Harrelson's mnemonic:
O, PARADES
Observation
Personal Experiences
Analogies
Research
Anecdotes
Description
Examples
Statistics
Upcoming assignment
November 12:
Make sure have read The Magician's Nephew
GENERAL REMINDERS:
vocabulary words, Fix Its should be handwritten.
Fix Its:
Note that when an em-dash is used to indicate a break in thought, it needs to be closed if the original thought continues. Similarly, parentheses need to be closed.
• Advanced students may identify decorations. A simile is included in one of these passages. See the Appendix page A-6.
Week 11 
Dorinda may have had her deficiencies but she did tell the truth when asked directly
“A frog”. “What did he want”?
(Now you and me might have trouble with King Mortons rejoinder—why
didn’t he think it unusual that a frog would knock at the castle door?
but remember, this is a fairy tale which is allowed to be bizarre.
Gushing tears yet again which Dorinda could expediently turn on and off like a faucet she sobbed the story of the frogs rescue of her ball, and the promises she had foolishly made.
Surely you wouldn’t make me like touch that slimy, old thing? she groaned piteously.
“Daughter you are a royal princess, your word, of all peoples, must be trustworthy.
rejoinder:
expediently:
piteously:
Last but not least, a picture of our hard-working class as they perfect their team sentence challenge:
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