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11/26/18 - 12/7/18

November 26th, 2018 - December 7th, 2018



Good morning, parents! Here are some updates on upcoming assignments in English Language Arts. We apologize that we have not emailed you in a few weeks, but we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. We only have about three and a half weeks left of fall semester, so we will be kicking it into gear as we come to a close. 

Updates apply for all class periods: 
The students have been working with the stories "The Old Woman Who Lived with Wolves" or "Zlateh the Goat" for a few weeks. The students have written constructed responses, practiced using the plot diagram, completed vocabulary graphic organizers, written summaries, completed Venn Diagrams, and more. Therefore, they are very acclimated with these stories. We will have a quiz over these stories tomorrow, November 27th. The students will practice today using Quizizz, which will greatly prepare them. 

We would recommend that the students also play the Quizizz at home if they are able to. 
Go to join.quizizz.com and type in the code. 

The codes are as listed: 
Zlateh the Goat- 671763
The Old Woman Who Lived with Wolves- 358498

The remainder of the week, as well as next week, the students will work on writing an expository essay. They will have many days to complete this. They will be given a choice board, which allows them to choose their writing prompts. The students will also be given a graphic organizer and a checklist to help them accurately and efficiently write their essays. 

Feel free to email us if you have any further questions or concerns.
Thank you, and have a wonderful week!

Cassidy Culberson and Chelsey Johnson

culbersoncj@fultonschools.org
johnsoncd@fultonschools.org


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