Welcome! Look at our BW for MONday :

1. Welcome! Look at our BW for MONday: • [2 min] Good News Share • [3 min] Read Mentor Text—”Edna’s Ruthie” from The House on Mango Street • “Ruthie, tall skinny lady with red lipstick and blue babushka*, one blue sock and one green because she forgot, is the only grown-up we know who likes to play. She takes her dog Bobo for a walk and laughs all by herself, that Ruthie. She doesn’t need anybody to laugh with, she just laughs.” • *babushka-a triangularly folded scarf tied around the head • [10 min] Use the example to write a flash draft to write a description of someone (fictional or real) that stands out in your mind.

2. AGENDA Class Norms List Impromptu Essay Update Material Check—have binder and note book on your desk! Look over research topics Research Paper Introduction and components Choose topic! 2 people will share a topic. This means you can share research, but not work  Article of the Week Hover, vocabulary, annotate, and then write summary as a group on the white board.