September 17, 2013

Objective: I can cite evidence in a formal letter to the principal. Today, students began writing a formal letter to the principal, explaining their opinion on trash talking in sports. Students used an exemplar and sentence frames to write, including evidence from the two articles and the video that they watched last week. Warm-up: 1. The baby is __________ at last. 2. Sam __________ his job yesterday. 3. I am not ___________ finished. 4. The neighborhood finally will _________ down. 5. I wasn’t __________ finished with my homework. 6. I ______________ my job! 7. I __________ mowing, even though I was not __________ finished. 8. Will you __________ the team? 9. We were __________ sorry to see her go. quit – stop quiet – silence quite - completely