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Welcome to Writing…

Welcome to Writing…. Get out… • index card • portfolio • cliché paper • both cliché packets * Don’t get too comfortable because we are changing seats!. Admit Question…. 1.Write your first & last names on your index card. 2. Draw a circle around your name.

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Welcome to Writing…

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  1. Welcome to Writing… Get out… • index card • portfolio • cliché paper • both cliché packets * Don’t get too comfortable because we are changing seats!

  2. Admit Question… 1.Write your first & last names on your index card. 2. Draw a circle around your name.

  3. Fill in your assignment notebook. For All: study clichés for quiz on Tuesday. For Some: IF you decide to revise your cliché paper …

  4. Making ends meet • To have enough money just to have the essentials. 19 votes

  5. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth • Born in a wealthy family 19 votes

  6. At the 11th hour • To complete at the last moment 20 votes

  7. On a wing and a prayer • Doing something without any help or possibility of success 20 votes

  8. Grasping at straws • Trying desperately by using any argument you can 24 votes

  9. Shooting for the moon • Trying for the highest possible goal 24 votes

  10. What is good for the goose is good for the gander • If it is good enough for one person then it is good enough for another person 36 votes

  11. An acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree • The child is just like the parent 37 votes

  12. Rome wasn’t built in a day • It takes time to achieve greatness 49 votes

  13. What goes around comes around • How you treat others will get back to you- usually meaning bad. 55 votes

  14. Can you follow directions??

  15. Sit on your desk when you are finished…. • 1. Take everything out of your portfolio including the sheets in the middle. • 2. Get a paper clip from the table by the computers. • 3. Clip all papers together with the orange sheet on top. • 4. Make sure your first and last names are on the orange sheet. • 5. Turn in your packet to the box at the front of the room. • 6. Get one green assignment log and two “Mrs. Macauley says” from the windowsill. • 7. Put these sheets into the center of your portfolio- green sheet first.

  16. Portfolio:Assignment log date: 11-5 Assignment: cliché * Do NOT fill in anything else!

  17. Positive Comments • After you have read a paper, find another one to read. • IF you cannot find one to read, sit silently on the windowsill until one becomes available. • IF you run out of stickers, get another strip from the red bowl.

  18. Time to make a big decision… Turn in your paper today. • Put your paper & ivory packet into your portfolio. • Turn it in to the BOX at the front of the room. Turn in your paper Monday! • Write in your assignment notebook. • Return your portfolio to the bin.

  19. Exit Question… • Vote for the “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire” award. • Please include the person’s last name or at least the last initial. * Results will be announced on Monday!!!

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