Plan for today:
1. Bellringer 3: Discuss your process for completing your first draft of your personal narrative.
2. Check Vocabulary flashcards for extra credit.
3. Paired Peer Review in the Computer Lab

Plan for the day:
1. Into Thin Air Quiz 7
2. Review for the test ( Tuesday)
3. STAR Testing

Answer the following questions in paragraph form on notebook paper.  Use specific examples from your book to support your reasons.

1.    Jon Krakauer describes any attempt to climb Mt. Everest as “an intrinsically irrational act”? Do you agree with this statement? Why? Why not? Use examples from the book to support your reasoning.

2.    What does Into Thin Air suggest about the importance of leadership and teamwork in comparison to individual achievement?

Columns: Choose one from each column and write a few sentences about it.
Places
People
Groups
Abstract Nouns

Personal Response
Select a section of the book and make an observation.  What made this part stand out in your reading?

PLAN FOR THE DAY:
1. Grade Vocabulary Unit 2
2. Overview of The Canterbury Tales
3. STAR Reading

HW: Finish first draft of the Personal Narrative DUE on DAY 9

Plan for the Day:
Into Thin Air Quiz 6 
Voice and Articulation 
HW: Into Thin Air Chapters 20-Epilogue

Plan for the Day:
Beowulf Test 
Assign Vocabulary Unit 2
HW: Vocabulary worksheet due on Day 8