9/28/22 (Annotation Directions)

Hello friends! I hope that you are well. Who me? Yes, I am doing just fine. Thank you for asking.

To begin the day, we read for fifteen minutes.

Afterwards, we practiced writing compound sentences. First, students came up with independent clauses. Then I put four of those on the board. Students were asked to turn two of the independent clauses on the board into compound sentences. One of the sentences needed to use a semicolon, and the other needed to use a comma and a coordinating conjunction. I called upon several students, and we looked at and discussed their compound sentences before moving on.

To end the day, we turned in the textbook to A House Taken Over. Students read and annotated this story. Here are the annotation directions:

Underline/highlight/etc. the following information as well as take notes directly in the workbook to the side of the text.

1. The most important information from the story.

2. Connections that you can make to the story. These can be personal connections or connections to other works of art (movies, books, TV shows, video games, etc.).

3. Aspects/parts of the story that you find interesting or entertaining

4. Questions that you are left with.