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11/9/09 - Periods 1,3,7/8 - One page detailed essay due tomorrow 11/10/09. In class tomorrow they should have an essay about the greatest place they have ever been AND an essay focusing on one sentence from the original essay adding more detail. Both papers should be one page in length each.

All classes: The students have set their Accelerated Reader (AR) goal today. Ask what their goal is and encourage them to read. They all have AR books!

All year:

Every night your child should be reading his/her Accelerated Reading book. I would suggest at least 30 minutes a night. Your child has agreed to reach a certain goal by the end of the first marking period (November 4th). If your child does not reach that goal, it will impact his/her grade.

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a chance for your child to read a book of his/her choice from an extensive list. I like AR because of this reason. After they are done reading, they are to take a computer generated quiz at school to check his/her comprehension. If they are successful, so will their grade be in English. It will hurt their grade if they choose not to read or do poorly on the quizzes. But, my class has diverse grades so it will not crush your child's grade should that be the case.

I want all my students to be successful in this program so therefore have limited my homework in my class because of this.

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