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DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18
MR. SALSICH’S LESSON PLAN

THANKS FOR BEING SERIOUS SCHOLARS!
1. Refreshments and casual quiet reading (7)
2. Reminder: saying thanks
3. Get daily class notes ready
** A light for the whole world: CALMNESS IN THE FACE OF CHAOS CAN BE A REASSURING LIGHT. 
4. Set timer (1)
5. Reminder about job assignments (1)
* Any re-writes to check???

** NOTES: 1) Tristan's group: please change template so it's easier to read; 2) everyone: please make clear divisions between paragraphs, label sentences, and use absolutes and participles CORRECTLY and IDENTIFY THEM. (Study the link for help.) Also, post your complete essay on Thursday night with all paragraphs together, and clear divisions between them. Delete earlier drafts. 3) Tonight, please offer one clear and specific compliment and TWO clear and specific suggestions. DO NOT BE VAGUE. ("This is a really cool essay" is vague.) (4)

* Don’t forget to keep your mugs clean!
7. Joke of the day: I would like to go to Holland someday. Wooden shoe?
8. Picture of the day (1)
9. Homework assignment (2)
13. Class forum (2)
14. New Wordsworth poem (2) …


LESSON FOR THE DAY (21):
1. something strange (to get you interested): 

2. objective of the lesson: to study essays by Julie, Kyle, Olivia, and Wendell to learn about grammar, and how to write well

3. reason for the lesson: because you can learn A LOT from your classmates

4. connection to earlier lessons or to life in general: How often to do we learn from our friends!!
Thanks for sitting up and paying attention today!