We're continuing to work on developing our sentence diagramming skills with the introduction of direct and indirect objects. Next, we'll be including predicate adjectives, predicate nouns, and predicate pronouns!
Our main focus for the entire month is on National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. The goal is simply to push students to write more than they've ever written before. By the end of the month, the students will have completed their very own novel. Each student was given a word count goal at the beginning of November, and is busy working toward that goal. Every student who reaches their goal will also have the opportunity to have a copy of their novel professionally published. You can visit http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ for more information about NaNoWrimo. I've read short excerpts of each novel so far, and they are truly fantastic. Feel free to ask your student to share what he/she had written so far! I really think you'll be amazed at some of the work they've already put in.
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