SENIORS:We learned about CONCRETE and SIGNIFICANT details and the difference between SHOWING the reader what is happening versus TELLING the reader what is happening.  SHOWING is the better way to write as it makes the reader more active during the reading process.  In your notebook, you wrote about a special meal (titled "Yum,") using the 5 senses; also in your notebook, you took the following writing sample and made it come alive with significant details: Terry Landon, a handsome young man of twenty-two, was six foot four and broad-shouldered.  He had medium-length thick blond hair and a natural tan, which set off the blue of his intense and friendly long-lashed eyes.

SOPHOMORES: Individual work was done in the Interactive Reader and Writer, finishing the story "Two Friends."  Also, I spoke with each student individually about his/her grade and if they need to do anything to improve on the grade they have.  The HW is to finish working on the story in the book and to finish anything that needs to be turned in. We will continue work out the Interactive book tomorrow, so make sure you bring it.