Oct+24-28

**Monday:**

 * Grade 10:** If you could have someone famous 'live' in your house, who would it be? Does that person have a book written about them? Is that person an author himself/herself?


 * Grade 9:** The 5 Facts of Fiction response is due on Wednesday. Period 4 must finish writing two body paragraphs. One about how we need money to meet our needs and how we need our needs met in order to be happy, and the other is about how it takes money to help others and helping others makes us happy.

**Tuesday:**

 * Grade 10:** We are working on persuasive writing. Right now, everyone is drafting an essay dealing with the same topic question: Should students be allowed to work while going to high school? Today, you should have had enough time to write an introduction and thesis statement and get started on the body of the essay. Please have at least this much completed for Thursday's class, and you'll have more time on Thursday to complete this draft.


 * Grade 9:** Today we talked about the importance of developing our vocabulary. Here is the PowerPoint we used:

**Wednesday:**
Today we talked about the importance of developing our vocabulary. Here is the PowerPoint we used: After reading today, students wrote a reader's response using the prompt of their choice.
 * Grade 10:**

Below, you'll also find the draft versions of the essays we created as a group using the topic question: Can money buy happiness?
 * Grade 9:** Use what you learned last week about the structure of an essay to begin drafting your own essay. Please see the following assignment sheet on expository essays.


 * Thursday:**
 * Grade 10**: Today we worked on the draft of our essays.


 * Grade 9:** Today we worked together to revise our 'Can money buy happiness?' essays.


 * Friday:**
 * Grade 10:** Open the following file called 'Beginnings' read the information/notes and follow the directions outlined in the assignment. Use your netbook to complete the assignment and upload your finished work to edmodo.


 * Grade 9:** Today, read the notes on 'Beginnings' attached above. If you were absent, read the notes and complete the small assignment at the bottom of the page. This will be due on Monday.