HW from Tuesday, 12/6/16

Due on Thursday, 12/8/16

1) Email me your beautiful, single-spaced final draft—which you already printed and turned in today—as an attachment to my regular email, so I can post it on the website.

2) If you did not do this over the weekend, do it now! (This #2 is a repeat assignment from last Thursday, because some of you did not complete it. If you did, just move on to #3.) 

Your character sketches are posted (with the exception of a couple that are still outstanding). Click on the link in the sidebar of this homework blog to visit the publications blog and read each other's character sketches. (They are not long and it doesn't take long to read all of them.) Please decide which you like best, and write me a paragraph that explains which is your favorite and why. Send your document to me as an attachment to Markup, complete with a proper header and proper format. I am still making sure you all know how to format your documents, how to save them, and how to send them as attachments to whichever email I tell you to (Markup or regular).

3) Read pp. 1-15 in The Extraordinary, Ordinary Life of Mark Rodriguez, which includes the following sections: "Preface," "Prologue," "Before You Read This Journal," "Introduction to Part 1," and "A Prayer for Protection" (July 2009). You may certainly read on in this section if you'd like, but this is all you need to read for class on Thursday, 12/8.

4) Bring the book to class with you on Thursday and each day from then on until Christmas break. 

Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for at least 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log (in multiples of five, rounded down) as you go along. 

+ Write in your Gratitude Journal, aiming for three things but listing at least one thing you are thankful for daily. When you have done so, place a check mark in the top corner of your Reading Log calendar for that day.

The December Reading Log is due, signed by a parent, on Tuesday, 1/3/17.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer): Please NOTE that this list of names has changed!!

For Th, 12/8: Logan (CWA); Luke (CWB)

For Tu, 12/13: Joshua (CWA); Josiah (CWB)

For Th, 12/15: John (CWA); Katie (CWB)

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/20, 12/22, 12/27, 12/29

For Tu, 1/3: Zach (CWA); Haddon (CWB)

For Th, 1/5: Chase (CWA); Caleb (CWB)