Current Homework,
2005-2006
Week of June 5
Week of May 29 (Monday is a holiday!)
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Research Final Draft Due Friday.
Late
ones will NOT
be accepted!
No papers will be accepted after Friday, June 2. No
late papers. No, you can't turn it in on Monday.
Here is the handout for the Introduction
and Conclusion. LINKS TO THE OTHER HANDOUTS ARE BELOW.
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No chart needed.
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Message
to 6th Grade due next Friday, 6/9. If you are already "perfect," you
are exempt from this assignment.
Week of May 22
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Research! Use the modified
KBAR chart to show that you do at least 25 minutes of research-related
work per night.
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"Pink" Sheet: p170 due Tuesday,
p176 due Thursday
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Research Final Drafts are due
Thursday,
June 1. No papers will be accepted past Friday, 6/2.
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Research Handouts:
Week of May 15
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Research! Use the modified
KBAR chart to show that you do at least 25 minutes of research-related
work per night.
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One page (typed) of rough draft
from notes due Thursday. You will read this
aloud to us beginning on Thursday.
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Research Final Drafts are due Thursday,
June 1. No papers will be accepted past Friday, 6/2.
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Research Handouts:
Week of May 8
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Research! Use a modified
KBAR chart to show that you do at least 25 minutes of research-related
work per night.
Week of May 1
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Research
Topic Stuff due Wednesday. (Note new date.)
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"Pink" Sheet: (Clauses) p148 due
Tuesday,
p149 due Thursday
Week of April 24
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Interactive Reader Workbook. In
the margins, write what notes you would take if you were using this article
to research the Titanic.
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Monday: p276-282
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Tuesday: p282-287
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Wednesday: p288-293
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Thursday: p293-299
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"Pink" Sheet: p203 (colons/semicolons)
due Tuesday, p195 (commas) due Wednesday.
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Research
Topic Stuff due
Tuesday 5/2 Wednesday, 5/3.
Week of April 10 Short Week! Spring
Break begins Friday.
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Interactive Reader Workbook.
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Monday: p370-371
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Tuesday: p372-373
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Wednesday: p374-375
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Outline
Sheet.
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Monday: Camping.
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Tuesday: Endangered Eagles.
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Wednesday: Automobiles.
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If you have not already finished
your wiki, the deadline is Thursday.
Week of April 3
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Interactive Reader Workbook.
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Monday: 360-361
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Tuesday: 362-363
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Wednesday: 364-365
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Thursday: 366-367 (Neatness/handwriting
count!)
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Read the excerpt from The Noble
Experiment in Workbook p158 - p170.
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Pause and Reflect's and Mark it
Up's due Wednesday.
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Activities on pages 171-173 due
Friday.
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600 words is suspended.
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Perfect
V due next Thursday, 4/13 (if not already exempt).
Postponed
until after Spring Break!
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Langston
Hughes WebTrack absolutely due Tuesday!
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Wikis
not completed by EOP Friday, are homework.
Week of March 27
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InterActive Reader Workbook. There
will also be a reading check in class the day after each reading.
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Monday, p350-351
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Tuesday, p352-353
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Wednesday, p354-355
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Thursday, p356-357
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"Pink" Sheet due WEDNESDAY.
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Vocabulary due
WEDNESDAY.
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600 word essay in electronic form (email, floppy disk,
flash drive, cd --saved as .txt, or uploaded through Moodle)
due THURSDAY. Must be one of the approved genres: persuasive, evaluation/review,
technical, eyewitness report, response to lit, biography.
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600 Words due Thursday.
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If not finished at EOP Tuesday: Langston
Hughes WebTrack shtuff is due
FRIDAY. DEADLINE
EXTENED UNTIL TUESDAY! (Here is the checklist
to make sure you have everything.)
Week of March 20
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InterActive Reader Workbook. There
will also be a reading check in class the day after each reading.
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Monday, p342-343
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Tuesday, p344-345
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Wednesday, p346-347
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Thursday, p348-349
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"Pink" Sheet: p208 due Tuesday,
p209 due Thursday.
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"A Page"
due Thursday.
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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600 Words now due Thursday!
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600 word essay in electronic form (email, on disk/flash
drive/cd --s aved as .txt, or uploaded through Moodle)
due Thursday, 3/30. Must be one of the approved genres: persuasive, evaluation/review,
technical, eyewitness report, response to lit, biography.
Week of March 13
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Perfect
IV (Business Letter) due Tuesday (unless already
exempt). Counts for 600.
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600 Words due Tuesday.
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Punctuating Titles Sheet due Wednesday.
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Vocabulary
(including mini crossword) due Thursday! Note new day!
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Tom Sawyer
Project OR Final
Exam due Friday, 3/17. Counts for 600. Note New Date!
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"A Page" due Thursday 3/23. (Counts
for 600.)
Week of March 6
Week of February 27
Week of February 20 (Monday is a
holiday!)
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KBARR = Tom Sawyer, Chapters
22 - 26 + study questions.
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Final Draft of Persuasive Essay
due
Tuesday 2/21, w/RD and Rubric.
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600 Words
due Tuesday.
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Vocabulary,
including crossword, due Thursday.
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Verb Sheet: p87 due Wednesday, p86
due Thursday.
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Mark Twain
Paragraphing due Friday (Note new date! Counts for 600 words.)
Week of February 13 (Monday is a
holiday!)
Week of February 6
Week of January 30 (Second Semester
begins!)
Week of January 23 (Thursday is
the last day of the first semester! Friday is a student holiday!)
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KBARR = Tom Sawyer, chapters
4 - 7 + chart w/signatures + study
questions due Thursday. (Chapter 5 is optional!)
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Online Bonus Assignment: Add your
slang translation (1 per person, please) to the Tom
Sawyer Slang Glossary. (Not required. Extra credit.)
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600 words
due Tuesday.
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"Pink" Sheet: Part 1 due Tuesday,
Part 2 due Wednesday.
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120 seconds
continues.
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday (including crossword).
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Showy Persuasive Example
due Thursday. (Counts for 600 words.) Postponed until next week.
Week of January 16 (Monday is the
MLK holiday.)
Week of January 9 (Welcome back!)
Week of December 19 (Winter Break
begins Friday -- finally)!
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"KBARR" = The Martian Chronicles.
Keep chart with pages, times, signature. Respond online each night:
asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions.
If you cannot respond online, respond 1/4 page per night in notebook.
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Monday: "The Silent Towns"
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Tuesday: "The Long Years"
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Wednesday: "There Will Come Soft
Rains"
Week of December 12
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"KBARR" = The Martian Chronicles.
Keep chart with pages, times, signature. Respond online each night:
asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions.
If you cannot respond online, respond 1/4 page per night in notebook.
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Monday: p 73 - 78
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Tuesday: p 79 - 89
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Wednesday: p 119 - 131
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Thursday: p 131 - 145
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Grammar Sheet: p34 due Tuesday,
p35 due Thursday.
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Crossword
due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Week of December 5
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"KBARR" = The Martian Chronicles.
Keep chart with pages, times, signature. Respond online each night:
asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions.
If you cannot respond online, respond 1/4 page per night in notebook.
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Monday: p32-41
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Tuesday: p42-48, 48-51
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Wednesday: p51-62
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Thursday: p62-72
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"Pink" Sheet: p46 due Tuesday, p49
due Thursday.
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Perfect III
("Music") due Thursday. NOTE NEW DATE!
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Crossword
due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
Week of November 28
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"KBARR" = The Martian Chronicles.
Keep chart with pages, times, signature. Respond online each night:
asking questions, answering my questions, answering other people's questions.
If you cannot respond online, respond 1/4 page per night in notebook.
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Monday: p16 - p25
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Tuesday: p26 - p32
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Wednesday: p2 - p8
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Thursday: p9 - p14
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Grammar Sheet: p55 due Tuesday,
p56 due Thursday
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Crossword
due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
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Perfect III
("Music") due Tuesday 12/6. Prereads due Friday!
"Week" of November 21 (Have a happy
Thanksgiving!)
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"Amnesty Week." Any zero can be
made up (excluding vocabulary and crosswords). Due Monday, 11/28.
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Find/make up 5 euphemisms.
Week of November 14
Week of November 7 (Thursday and
Friday are student holidays.)
Yes I know, the sky has fallen;
there is no KBARR, due to the short week.
Week of October 31
Week of October 24 (The first quarter
ends Friday.)
Week of October 17
Week of October 10
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KBARR. Read 15+ minutes (M-Th),
get chart signed (in
notebook, M-Th); respond
one
full page in notebook by Friday.
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Verb Phrases Sheet: p10 due Tuesday,
p11 due Thursday.
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Crossword
due Friday. (Here is the interactive web version.)
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Think ahead! Essay
#1 rough draft due Thursday, 10/20.
NOTE NEW DATE!!
Week of October 3
Week of September 26
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KBARR. Read 15+ minutes, get
chart
signed (in notebook),
respond
one
full page in notebook by Friday.
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SHOW not TELL writing assignment (fun,
boring, or mean/350 words/ink) due Tuesday.
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Comma Sheet: page 193 due Tuesday,
page 194 due Thursday.
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Crossword
due Friday. (Here is the interactive web
version.)
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Think ahead! Perfect
1 is due
Tuesday 10/4. Thursday,
10/6! (Note new date!)
Week of September 19
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KBARR. Read 20+ minutes, get
chart
signed (in notebook),
respond
one
full page in notebook by Friday.
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Crossword
due Friday. (Here is the interactive web
version.)
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SHOW not TELL writing assignment: due
Thursday,
9/22. Tuesday, 9/27!Note
NEW date! (350 words/ink) Pick one
of the three:
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_______ is sooooo fun.
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_______ was soooo boring.
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The ________ was sooo mean.
Week of September 12
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KBARR. Read 20+ minutes, get
chart
signed (in notebook),
respond
one
full page in notebook by Friday.
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Vocabulary
due Wednesday.
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Crossword
due Friday. (Here is the interactive web
version.)
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Think Ahead! Next SHOW not TELL
writing assignment: Pick one of the three, due next Thursday,
9/22. (350 words/ink)
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_______ is sooooo fun.
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_______ was soooo boring.
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The ________ was sooo mean.
Week of September 5
(Monday is a holiday.)
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KBAR(R) begins. Read 20+ minutes, get
chart
signed (in notebook),respond
1/2 page (in notebook) -- nightly through Thursday.
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Attach KBAR
handout and 55 Ways handout
to notebook inside covers.
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Show not Tell
writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Thursday, 9/8.
Week of August 29
School starts Tuesday 8/30
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Students should read and sign class
expectations by Wednesday, 8/31. (Quiz! Surf the website.) Extra Credit
for printing your own at home. Parents should read and sign by Friday,
9/2.
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Get a spiral notebook by Thursday, 9/1.
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First "Perfect
Paper" assignment due Friday (9/2): 1 paragraph, 150 words. Topic:
Fun!
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Find a KBAR
book by Tuesday, 9/6.
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Show not Tell
writing assignment ("My Room is Such a Mess") due Thursday, 9/8.
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