
Can you believe it is over?
Our last Thursday night was a lovely one. We watched the Breadwinner film (you can access it through ITunes if you were absent and want to check it out) and enjoyed some wee snacks and conversation. Thank you, Maryam, for that totally delicious guac! I am really going to miss you all; this was one of the best classes I have ever had the pleasure of guiding. You were so dedicated, helpful to each other, and so much fun! It meant everything to me to hear so many of you tell me repeatedly how much you feel you have learned and how happy you were to have the experience of taking our class at South Hill. There is no greater reward for a teacher than feeling that students are really learning and appreciate the process all the while. Please keep in touch; you can reach me at hmartin@vsb.bc.ca to let me know the twists and turns of your lives in the future. I am sure that I will see you again as I will continue to substitute teach when others need coverage. I wish the best for you all. Remember to keep your roots strong so that when times get difficult and the flower begins to wilt, there is always the promise of beautiful blooms to come. - Heather
Well, hello wonderful students!
Fancy meeting you here...
This is your chance, if you were away, to find out about our fascinating goings on, the things you should have handed in, the homework you hopefully found out about and did, and other relevant details. Or maybe you just want to look back and remember the fun we had together.... ;)
Our last Thursday night was a lovely one. We watched the Breadwinner film (you can access it through ITunes if you were absent and want to check it out) and enjoyed some wee snacks and conversation. Thank you, Maryam, for that totally delicious guac! I am really going to miss you all; this was one of the best classes I have ever had the pleasure of guiding. You were so dedicated, helpful to each other, and so much fun! It meant everything to me to hear so many of you tell me repeatedly how much you feel you have learned and how happy you were to have the experience of taking our class at South Hill. There is no greater reward for a teacher than feeling that students are really learning and appreciate the process all the while. Please keep in touch; you can reach me at hmartin@vsb.bc.ca to let me know the twists and turns of your lives in the future. I am sure that I will see you again as I will continue to substitute teach when others need coverage. I wish the best for you all. Remember to keep your roots strong so that when times get difficult and the flower begins to wilt, there is always the promise of beautiful blooms to come. - Heather
Well, hello wonderful students!
Fancy meeting you here...
This is your chance, if you were away, to find out about our fascinating goings on, the things you should have handed in, the homework you hopefully found out about and did, and other relevant details. Or maybe you just want to look back and remember the fun we had together.... ;)
Here is your chance to find out what you missed or just review what we did in class.
Monday, September 10 - We did a quick check on spelling rules for -ed/-ing endings, reviewed the vocabulary from our reading "Doing Business Around the World", finished the related questions, reviewed FANBOYS joining words, and played a vocab game! It was sooooooo loud (well done, everyone!)
* Did you hand in.... your "My Hero" edited paragraph AND the first draft?
Homework: FIFTEEN (that's right, George) compound sentences using FANBOYS joining words
* Did you hand in.... your "My Hero" edited paragraph AND the first draft?
Homework: FIFTEEN (that's right, George) compound sentences using FANBOYS joining words

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Tuesday, September 11 - Tonight we went over the answers to our compound sentence homework, talked for quite a while about subordinators (joining words that you will find in options 4 and 5 of the handout on the front page of that "Simpsons" verb activity, did questions 1, 2, and 4 together from our worksheets on subordinators, and read about developments in Photography before working on word endings. WHEW! That's quite a lot. Well done team! (Did I get grumpy when we were confused about which reading I was handing out? Sorry about that.)
Homework: Questions 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 on the subordinators handout; finish the last few questions on the reading about photography
Homework: Questions 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 on the subordinators handout; finish the last few questions on the reading about photography
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Wednesday, September 12 - Tonight we took up the rest of the sentences using subordinators that were about cockroaches because, well, we couldn't stand to think about cockroaches any longer! We also reviewed cause and result joining words to give you options in your writing. Finally, we brainstormed ideas for a paragraph writing we did in class. Students chose one of the following ideas: 3 reasons Norman Bethune is a hero, 3 advantages of international business, 3 challenges of international business, OR 3 reasons we use cameras.
See the attachment for ideas if you missed class. * Did you hand in your 6 sentences using because/since/as for so therefore and consequently to join "I love my teacher" ;) "I come to class every day"?
Homework: The last five questions on the cockroach combining handouts; completing the last ten sentences on the new handout
See the attachment for ideas if you missed class. * Did you hand in your 6 sentences using because/since/as for so therefore and consequently to join "I love my teacher" ;) "I come to class every day"?
Homework: The last five questions on the cockroach combining handouts; completing the last ten sentences on the new handout
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Here's a wee example of what a paragraph should look like when you do your good copy. Make sure there is a title centered above the paragraph. Indent the first line (move it in 5 spaces before you start writing). Don't leave any spaces between sentences; once you get going, just keep on going until you finish your conclusion. There you have it - a crackerjack paragraph.
Thursday, September 13 - It's Friday niiiiight! Tonight we took up the last five practice sentences using subordinators (because, although, when....), and then undertook the absolutely exhausting task of reviewing the rule of creating a good sentence. I'm surprised any of us lived through that. (all good sentences need ONE main subject and verb with no joining word in front; all other subjects and verbs must have joining words) We also took up the sentence combining check on cause and result words (because/since/as, for, so, consequently, therefore) from Wednesday and did one last mastery check so everyone could flaunt their new mastery (using the same joining words to make sentences from "It was raining" and "I got soaked"). We briefly discussed what a paragraph should look like on paper, and then set about checking the last few exercises on the "Photography" reading. The night ended with a rousing discussion about what it means to be "eco-friendly" as our next reading well be about saving the planet and how, well, basically, we're not doing it yet.
Homework - Use the outline you created Wednesday on your choice of topic related to the readings (Dr. NB - hero; 3 advantages or disadvantages of international business; 3 uses of cameras) to create a final masterpiece in paragraph form.
Recognition and thanks - Un grand merci to Clemencia for giving me the impetus to create this website and for actually reading what I post! Thank you to Sanaz and any others who took the initiative the other night to remind other South Hill students about the importance of treating everyone with respect. Your intervention meant a lot to the person in question. Finally, thank you to all of you in our class; your enthusiasm makes it fun to teach and to learn.
Tech alert - Did you know (thanks again Clemencia) that there is a free app which will allow you to "scan" documents and convert them to PDFs? So useful! Ask us for details.
Homework - Use the outline you created Wednesday on your choice of topic related to the readings (Dr. NB - hero; 3 advantages or disadvantages of international business; 3 uses of cameras) to create a final masterpiece in paragraph form.
Recognition and thanks - Un grand merci to Clemencia for giving me the impetus to create this website and for actually reading what I post! Thank you to Sanaz and any others who took the initiative the other night to remind other South Hill students about the importance of treating everyone with respect. Your intervention meant a lot to the person in question. Finally, thank you to all of you in our class; your enthusiasm makes it fun to teach and to learn.
Tech alert - Did you know (thanks again Clemencia) that there is a free app which will allow you to "scan" documents and convert them to PDFs? So useful! Ask us for details.
Monday, September 17 - Tonight we spent far more time than you probably enjoyed on grammar work ! We talked about contrast words (but, yet, however, nevertheless, although, even though, whereas, while). We reviewed the rules of a good sentence, and we checked a few of those ten sentences you completed at the end of the page last Wednesday for homework (remember? we were too grammar-filled to correct it on Thursday). We also discussed some new and wonderful words going into Miriam Webster's dictionary this year before we did one last pre-test reading on living an eco-friendly life.
See attachments for grammar notes and for vocab/answers to the questions after the reading. ** Apologies for holding you as prisoners beyond the end time of the class! I didn't realize we were over time!!! Please, in the future, just shout, "Heather! Stop, already! It's time to go!" I promise that I won't be offended. ;)
Homework - There were a few more sentences assigned on the same sheet as the ten from last week; you should also review vocabulary from our readings for our test on Wednesday, which will also include a new reading and tasks related to it.
See attachments for grammar notes and for vocab/answers to the questions after the reading. ** Apologies for holding you as prisoners beyond the end time of the class! I didn't realize we were over time!!! Please, in the future, just shout, "Heather! Stop, already! It's time to go!" I promise that I won't be offended. ;)
Homework - There were a few more sentences assigned on the same sheet as the ten from last week; you should also review vocabulary from our readings for our test on Wednesday, which will also include a new reading and tasks related to it.

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Tuesday, September 18 - Tonight we saw a great sample paragraph on "My Parents, My Heroes", and looked at transition words like in addition, for example, for instance, moreover, etc. We did a quick review of what makes a good sentence and checked some more of the sample sentences you created by finishing the sentences on the handout. We finished the last question on the reading about living an eco-friendly life (remember - the one I was so absorbed in last night that I missed the end of class? Finally, we also started on some vocabulary in context sheets as well at the end of class.
Gentle Reminder: Try not to get involved in small conversations with classmates about what we are doing; you are talking about the lesson, but it is hard for people to listen when there are multiple conversations going on. Thank you! I appreciate that you are trying so hard to learn,
Homework - Get ready for the test! If you haven't handed in your 2 paragraphs, please make sure you edit them and submit them ASAP.
Special thanks - Thank you to Saeed for letting me know that the yellow highlighter function in our documents blocks out the words when you look at them on your Smart Phones! I will update tonight's files tomorrow as I want to edit them for the highlighter...
Gentle Reminder: Try not to get involved in small conversations with classmates about what we are doing; you are talking about the lesson, but it is hard for people to listen when there are multiple conversations going on. Thank you! I appreciate that you are trying so hard to learn,
Homework - Get ready for the test! If you haven't handed in your 2 paragraphs, please make sure you edit them and submit them ASAP.
Special thanks - Thank you to Saeed for letting me know that the yellow highlighter function in our documents blocks out the words when you look at them on your Smart Phones! I will update tonight's files tomorrow as I want to edit them for the highlighter...

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Wednesday, September 19 - Tonight, as I type this, you sit in front of me with your thinking faces on while you write your test. I hope you saw the
" 'donut' stress! Just do your best!" sign above, and that you remember to compose a careful, organized paragraph response. Good luck to you all! (...though when you have skill, you don't need luck, right? I remind you that you do have skill, and lots of it!)
Homework - Review the vocabulary from the previous readings for tomorrow's quiz, and we will continue on with Lesson 19 of vocabulary tomorrow. We might even get to a short story about a man who managed to trick a trickster....
" 'donut' stress! Just do your best!" sign above, and that you remember to compose a careful, organized paragraph response. Good luck to you all! (...though when you have skill, you don't need luck, right? I remind you that you do have skill, and lots of it!)
Homework - Review the vocabulary from the previous readings for tomorrow's quiz, and we will continue on with Lesson 19 of vocabulary tomorrow. We might even get to a short story about a man who managed to trick a trickster....
Thursday, September 20 - It's Friday Night! It's Friday night! - Tonight all were in good spirits, perhaps because it was Friday night. We did some conversation practice with the vocab words for the quiz, and then wrote the vocab quiz. After our much deserved break, during which we viewed a brief X Factor clip on YouTube of "It's Friday Night!", we continued on with the vocab from lesson 19. Hmmmm… At some point we also checked sentences I had asked you to complete. , which led to a discussion of relative pronouns (which, that, who...) I may be misrepresenting the order of things, but you get the general idea. ;) Check back on the grammar page for a helpful chart of relative pronouns with some examples.
Homework - to preview the vocabulary from lesson 20; also, to attempt to finish the last sentences on the worksheet of sentence completion.
Homework - to preview the vocabulary from lesson 20; also, to attempt to finish the last sentences on the worksheet of sentence completion.

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Monday, September 24 - Tonight we picked up our conversation about some of the basics of relative pronouns (who, whom, that, which, whose, when, where....) and did a few exercises. If you are starting to remember that who is for people, that can be people and things, which is only for things, and so on, then you are doing well. Relative pronouns are complicated! We also took up our tests at length, and began reading the story "A Trick of the Trade' together.
Homework - Be sure you have read "A Trick" thoroughly - we will be talking about conflicts in the story and writing a paragraph about it.
Homework - Be sure you have read "A Trick" thoroughly - we will be talking about conflicts in the story and writing a paragraph about it.

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Tuesday, September 25 - What a delight it is teaching this class. Everyone was a little tired and yawning here and there, but we pulled it together for team paragraph at the end of the night. Go team! First we started by completing the last few sentences we had on our work sheet. Then we talked a bit about characters in "A Trick of the Trade". Finally, we looked at a sample paragraph about conflicts, and demonstrated our superior group power by coplanning an outline for a conflict paragraph on "A Trick". This was an important moment as we were looking for the first time at writing paragraphs about stories.
PS - we missed you Clemen! ;)
Homework - Review the vocab for lesson 20 and we will complete the activities tomorrow.
PS - we missed you Clemen! ;)
Homework - Review the vocab for lesson 20 and we will complete the activities tomorrow.

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Wednesday, September 26 - Tonight we did a quick practice of sentences with relative pronouns in them, except it wasn't so quick! See attachment for examples... We then did the exercise on antonyms for the words in lesson 20. Finally, after piecing together a sample paragraph on conflicts in "The Love Powder", a story about a love triangle and a ridiculous request that results in another trickster getting tricked (just like "A Trick of the Trade"), we composed proper paragraphs about the conflicts from "A Trick of the Trade" using the outline we created together last night. This mean, quite literally, just putting our notes into good sentences to make a clear paragraph. Students were asked to use at least one quotation, but frankly, I think most of you forgot.... ;)
Homework - Do the other exercise for lesson 20 vocabulary.
Homework - Do the other exercise for lesson 20 vocabulary.

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Thursday, September 28 - Well, if you missed tonight, you definitely picked the wrong night! We once again tried some sentence completion using relative pronouns with much greater success tonight, and took up the final activity for lesson 20 vocabulary. We viewed an example of a conflict paragraph from
"A Trick of the Trade", and evaluated it together to see if it had all the necessary supporting points, kept consistent verb tense, etc. Our main activity, which lead to such loud hilarity that another teacher had to come over and shut our door, was reading the story "Appointment at Noon". Thank you to our many readers, including Ali, Yasin, Shannen, Clemen, and of course, George as Henry Curran, and likely some others as well. We discussed Henry's character briefly as well, and will be going on to do a character writing about him.
Homework - To go over the vocabulary for Lesson 21 and do the exercises.
"A Trick of the Trade", and evaluated it together to see if it had all the necessary supporting points, kept consistent verb tense, etc. Our main activity, which lead to such loud hilarity that another teacher had to come over and shut our door, was reading the story "Appointment at Noon". Thank you to our many readers, including Ali, Yasin, Shannen, Clemen, and of course, George as Henry Curran, and likely some others as well. We discussed Henry's character briefly as well, and will be going on to do a character writing about him.
Homework - To go over the vocabulary for Lesson 21 and do the exercises.

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Monday , October 1 - Well, Jiminy Cricket, I forgot to post what we did on Monday! Please take a look at the day 17 files for more information. There was vocabulary work, and we looked at an example of a character paragraph integrating short quotations. We also brainstormed ideas for Henry Curran's character and found supporting details/quotations that could be used in a paragraph about him.
Homework - lesson 21 vocabulary
Homework - lesson 21 vocabulary

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Tuesday, October 2 - I know I am tired, students, because I am having trouble recalling the course of our evening. I believe we started out with questions using lesson 21 vocabulary as discussion. Then we moved on to take up the exercises together. Following this, we enjoyed story time and listened to an excellent rendition of "Thank You M'am"; many thanks to the multiple fabulous readers who volunteered their efforts. After our reading, we brainstormed some character traits for Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, a no nonsense, sassy lady who nevertheless proves to be very understanding and kind. At some point along the way, we cowrote some supporting points for a hypothetical character paragraph about Henry Curran; we also had a very enlightening conversation about redheads, Anne of Green Gables, and Jerusha "Judy" Abbott - fun fact! Judy in our class was named after her! - from the novel Daddy-Long-Legs, by American author Jean Webster, whom I swear is only known abroad and who bears a striking resemblance to Anne of Green Gables. PS - if anyone knows what Judy has been hiding, I must confess that you have me curious at this point....
Homework - Review the examples we cowrote about Henry Curran and prepare to write the character paragraph about Mrs. LBWJ in class tonight.
Homework - Review the examples we cowrote about Henry Curran and prepare to write the character paragraph about Mrs. LBWJ in class tonight.

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Wednesday, October 3 - Tonight we had a great turn out, though we are still missing some regulars like Andi and Sohrab :(. (Come back to us, wonderful students!) We started the evening with a long review of fragments (incomplete sentences - not really sentences at all as they are missing either a subject or verb. Homework is to work on the ROS page called WKSHT 5. Recall that a run-on sentence means when you take two good sentences and put them together without the proper joining word. Not good! You must break them with a period or by adding a joining word. Finally, students worked on writing their character paragraph about Mrs. LBWJ from "Thank You M'am".

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Tuesday, October 9 - No time to write a lot, my wonderful students, as I am doing this before leaving and the cleaners are here! In this document, you will find all the questions we discussed for the lesson 22 vocabulary, the answers to the exercises for lesson 22, and the brainstorm we did for "Julius the Dragon". Remember paragraph format for tomorrow night: T.S, SP1, evidence, explanation, SP2, evidence, explanation, SP3, evidence, explanation, concluding statement, and you will do well! Write in the present tense, keep your quotations short, and blend them in. Done!

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Wednesday, October 10, and Thursday, October 11 - Well, students, it seems that I am getting less effective at maintaining this web site. Apologies! Wednesday was of course our test, so the bulk of the class was spent reading a new passage and writing a paragraph about it. Afterwards, we discussed the test passage and brainstormed ideas for the paragraph students wrote.
Thursday, we had a lovely "Friday night!" ("It's Friday night! It's Friday night!") First we discussed questions using the vocabulary from lesson 23 of the vocabulary and did the practice exercises. We talked a bit about registration, how you know which level is good for your, and what you need to register (make sure you have your yellow student learning plan; if you have at least 60, you should be okay to move up a level. If you are below that, it is probably a good idea to reregister and spend a bit more time in your current level to perfect your skills). After the break we listened to chapter 1 of The Breadwinner and discussed.
Homework - Students were asked to read chapter two and to do the venn diagram about how life was before the taliban came to power and after they were in charge.
*** I couldn't upload the questions from Thursday because I lost the file! ARGH! If anyone sees this and can email me the list of words from lesson 23, I can recreate the questions and post them. hmartin@vsb.bc.ca
Monday, October 15 - A sick day for me. :( Jim said, "I love your class. They are so effervescent." Clemen said, "He was good. He didn't sit down the whole class." I love it.
Homework - To read chapter 3
Thursday, we had a lovely "Friday night!" ("It's Friday night! It's Friday night!") First we discussed questions using the vocabulary from lesson 23 of the vocabulary and did the practice exercises. We talked a bit about registration, how you know which level is good for your, and what you need to register (make sure you have your yellow student learning plan; if you have at least 60, you should be okay to move up a level. If you are below that, it is probably a good idea to reregister and spend a bit more time in your current level to perfect your skills). After the break we listened to chapter 1 of The Breadwinner and discussed.
Homework - Students were asked to read chapter two and to do the venn diagram about how life was before the taliban came to power and after they were in charge.
*** I couldn't upload the questions from Thursday because I lost the file! ARGH! If anyone sees this and can email me the list of words from lesson 23, I can recreate the questions and post them. hmartin@vsb.bc.ca
Monday, October 15 - A sick day for me. :( Jim said, "I love your class. They are so effervescent." Clemen said, "He was good. He didn't sit down the whole class." I love it.
Homework - To read chapter 3

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Tuesday, October 16 - A lovely return with many students telling me they missed me. :) The feeling was mutual! We took some time to go over the test story and cowrite sample paragraphs on conflicts and character. See below in the attached file. Then we continued with Breadwinner - a quick blast of chapter 2, on to chapter 3, and filling in the chart about Parvana's routines. Remember we will be talking about how to write a comparison/ contrast paragraph on Wednesday and writing on Thursday.
Homework - read chapter 4
Homework - read chapter 4

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Wednesday, October 17 - Tonight we did answers for chapter 4 together. Then we looked at a sample comparison and contrast paragraph on cars to see how we can structure our writing tomorrow. Basically, the structure is the same. Get three things you want to compare (like gas mileage, how the car moves, and interior space) and then write about both choices for each point. We worked on filling in a plan for tomorrow for ONE of our two choices: Contrasting Parvana's life with yours, or contrasting life in Kabul before the Taliban and after they took power. Then you must choose three points to contrast - for P's and your life, it could be clothing, responsibilities, and food?; for before and after the Taliban, it could be status of women, the city of Kabul, and life for P's family? Tomorrow we will write the paragraph in class.
Homework - Read chapter five of the novel
Homework - Read chapter five of the novel
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Thursday, October 18 - It's Friiiiiiii day niiiiiight!...… Tonight we discussed chapter 5 of the Breadwinner after talking about FREE SATURDAY at the Writer's Festival on Granville Island, which is happening this Saturday! (if you want to see some of the events of Saturday, you can go to this website - there are a certain number of free tickets available at the door if you go 45 minutes ahead of the start time) writersfest.bc.ca/2018-festival-events/#oct-20
Then we talked about how to write the comparison and contrast paragraph we were going to do, and after that , we wrote the paragraphs.
George! Sohrab! Christian! Santosh! Ramon! Where are you?????
Homework: Chapters 6 and 7 over the weekend, please!
Then we talked about how to write the comparison and contrast paragraph we were going to do, and after that , we wrote the paragraphs.
George! Sohrab! Christian! Santosh! Ramon! Where are you?????
Homework: Chapters 6 and 7 over the weekend, please!

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Tuesday, October 23 - Hello, wonderful students! Luckily I made it tonight without crashing my car. Tonight we worked on a sentence combining review (see the doc below; you will have to scroll down a bit because we only did one page). After that, we engaged in our fun and exciting vocabulary practice quiz for learning, parts ACE! You aced it! (That means you did really well!!) Finally, we discussed the ideas in chapter 8 of the Breadwinner and students had time to work on the following:
- completing chapters 4, 5, 6 and the chart comparing your and Parvana's routines - hand in when complete; make sure it is written in good sentences
- completing chapters 7 and 8 in good sentences
- possibly rewriting your compare/contrast of Parvana and you/ Afghanistan before and after the Taliban
Homework - Read chapter 9 please!
- completing chapters 4, 5, 6 and the chart comparing your and Parvana's routines - hand in when complete; make sure it is written in good sentences
- completing chapters 7 and 8 in good sentences
- possibly rewriting your compare/contrast of Parvana and you/ Afghanistan before and after the Taliban
Homework - Read chapter 9 please!

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Thursday, October 25 - It's Friiiiiiiiday Niiiiiiiight! Tonight we started with another joining words practice. See the attached file for answers. Then we read a sample narrative, "Earthquake...." worked on filling in verbs for another student sample called "My First Time in the Emergency Room."
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Wednesday, October 31st - Halloween!! Well, students, if you were out with your little ones trick or treating tonight, you missed a rousing class challenge on the chompchomp.com grammar website. (fused sentences and comma splices). We won all kinds of enviable cyber prizes, including several slick cars, a few piles of cash, and even a money tree!!! Amazing. Then we discussed chapter 13 of the Breadwinner, and read the final two chapters in spite of the ever increasing booming of fireworks outside. Oh yes! .... there were chocolate covered cookies as well....
Homework: read the end of the novel if you haven't!
Homework: read the end of the novel if you haven't!