Sept+19-23

**Monday:**

 * Grade 9:** Today we introduced //Read Like a Reader//, and tomorrow I'll be collecting your Read Like a Reader response.

**Tuesday:**
Here's the memoir PowerPoint we used in class today: Finish the writing about a song/memory. You'll pass this in tomorrow along with the "Music in Your Heart" activity from Friday. For Thursday, you should have a memory in mind that you will use to write your own memoir.

**Wednesday:**
Today we discussed making connections. Here is my sample. Please finish your reader's response. Focus on making connections: text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world

**Thursday:**
Today we talked about Narrative Leads. Please craft three seperate leads for your memoir, one in each of the three ways described. I'm looking forward to meeting parents tonight at Meet the Teacher. It begins here at the school at 7:00 PM.

**Friday:**
Today we read "Fit to Be Called Reading" by Robert Louis Stevenson, then we discussed On Monday I'll be collecting your Action, Dialogue and Reaction paragraphs. Make sure you've written your dialogue properly.