Thursday, November 7th

Goals: 

• I can analyze the nuances of word/phrase meanings used in different contexts.
• Student flexibly uses strategies to derive meaning from a variety of print/non-print texts. Student evaluates the validity, reliability, and/or relevance of publications and authors as well as their evidence and reasoning.  

Announcements:

• Read your choice book to your reading goal by next Monday. ​
• Graph of the Week Due on Friday ​ 
• Saturday School:  8:30-11:30 in the Commons with teachers to help you!  Also, breakfast. 
• Join the Skyline bookclub!  We will be reading The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson.  The meeting is Tuesday, November 12th during both lunches in the main office conference room. 

1. Reading

2. Writing Conclusions

• Full circle ending (back to same technique)
• A new question 
• A call to action 
• So What? 

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3. Mini-Lesson: Adding research to our paper

• Looking for specific data instead of searching a broad term. 
  • Finding reputable sources--activity. 
    • Library Databases​