Oct+17-21

**Monday:**
Today we discussed how words have shades of meaning. Here's the PowerPoint presentation we used: After reading, students were to write a response using any of the ways we've already learned to respond: questions, predictions, inferences, connections, thoughts & feelings, evaluations & analysis, double entry diaries or using the prompts for fiction. You may pick and choose and use a combination of all the ways we've learned to respond to our reading. Please remember, I'm absolutely NOT looking for a summary.

Then we created a t-chart to list the ways that money 'can' and 'can't' buy happiness. Here it is: We'll use this on Thursday to write an essay together, as a class. Think about what our response should be to the question, can money buy happiness?
 * Tuesday:**
 * Grade 9** - Today's writing prompt: Begin with, "It has been said that money cannot buy happiness..." and write for ten minutes.


 * Grade 10** - Today we held a class discussion about a quote. We are beginning persuasive writing and we discussed how it is necessary to anticipate and refute the opposing point of view.

**Wednesday:**
Please use the model and questions to help you write a similar response based on your own novel.
 * Grade 9** - Today we read the short story "Bus Stop" on page 102 of the Crossroads text. Then we reviewd The 5 Facts of Fiction and viewed a model response to the questions.


 * Grade 10** - Last Friday we listened to and viewed three versions of the song "Mad World" and used each as a writing prompt. You were instructed to use your response to produce a creative piece (a poem, opionion piece, work of art, etc.). You must be prepared to share your creative piece tomorrow during class. Please be prepared to discuss your process, ie. how you arrived at your final product.

**Thursday:**

 * Grade 9 -** Today we started to write an essay together that answers the question: Can money buy happiness? Your homework is to take the three main ideas we came up with to support our thesis statement and write a topic sentence for each. I WILL check for this on Monday.


 * Grade 10 -** Today we shared our "Mad Word" creative pieces. If you were absent, bring your creative piece in on Monday.

**Friday:**
**Teacher PD Day - No school for students!**