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Wed, 22 Oct 2003Monday 20 October A Day WORD OF THE WEEK: Travail QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
8th Grade: We finished the last quiz from the novel The Giver (17-23). After we finished the quiz we began talking about different types of response writing. We discussed the importance of having a clear direction, a focus. We talked about the important lessons that the 5-paragraph essay teaches, and we also spoke about its limitations. Beyond middle school the applications for the 5-paragraph essay become very specific; timed writing and testing being the most common. Students were asked to think of a thematic topic for The Giver. Some of the topics we came up with in class were feelings, release, utopia, sacrifices, a belief in a better place (elsewhere). Homework: create a full page web map to help you sort out your thoughts and find a focus for a response paper for The Giver.
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