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First week of the the semester:

• Summer reading: the test(s) will be on Monday (8/18).
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: get a copy of the book by next Tuesday (8/19); you’ll be reading this novel outside of class.
• SAT vocabulary: you’ll get 10 words on the first day; write a sentence using each word for Thursday; quiz is Friday.  Before the quiz, we’ll review how to work ANALOGIES.  You can find the handout on this blog.  Go to the Vocabulary page and click on the Anaolgy handout link to open the Word document. 
• TALENTS lesson– We’ve all got talent! What do we excel at?
• First unit: description– we’ll be discussing picture-making words, showing vs. telling and we’ll be composing some home-grown poetry and begin writing our first paper, a memoir