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MR. SALSICH’S LESSON PLAN: 9th GRADE

DATE: Wednesday, April 29

THANKS FOR TRYING TO STAY FOCUSED DURING ENGLISH CLASS -- 

WHEN SPRING (AND SUMMER?)IS IN THE AIR AND IN YOUR MIND.

 Don't forget: One Thing At A Time

Set timer

Reminder about job assignments  ...

Stickers to the TA   

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Joke of the day:

"I think I'm a moth!"

"I think you need a psychiatrist."

"I know."

"So why did you come in here to the gas station?"

"Because ...........

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 Picture of the day

 * * Sunken Garden Poetry Competition * * 

 Homework assignment 

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SOMETHING STRANGE TO GET YOU INTERESTED: 

Mary Mop pretends to be the poem of the week,

(which is "KINDNESS" by Naomi Shihab Nye,

and read by the poet today!)

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TOMORROW: SKYPE VIDEO DISCUSSION  WITH AN HONORS 10TH GRADE CLASS

FROM WILLIAM FREMD HIGH SCHOOL IN CHICAGO

(all 9th graders come to English in my room, second period)

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Special Assignment: 

BY MONDAY,select your theme for Poetry Night,

and write some lines that would take about 1 minute to read.

(Click here for list of themes.)

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LESSON FOR THE DAY : 

USING STUDENT ESSAY BLOGS TO HELP US WITH OUR WRITING