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Monday and Tuesday-- we finished rough drafts of short stories
Wednesday--mini lesson tone--> typing in CL
Thursday--Complete tone experiment an typing
Friday--Mini  lesson explode a moment and snapshot

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Today we started with our impressions of Spear so far, then we discussed how the author got us to have these impressions and then finished the story Spear by Julius Lester.

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In an effort to gear up for writing short story, we are reading short stories this week as writers noting the techniques employed to build character, to move plot and to reveal setting and conflict.
 Today we tea most of "Spear" by Julius Lester.