Think about a time you did something special with a brother, sister, family member, or friend. Sharing this event made you realize how close you were. Write about what made this time special.

Your choice! :)

Tell-Tale Heart Day 3

You have two choices for how you want to present what you learned about the "Tell-Tale Heart".  You can either make:

   -a comic strip (at least 6 blocks)

   -a "Tell-Tall Heart" acrostic poem.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!" -- Sir Walter Scott

(To "deceive" means to lie)

What Makes a Mystery?

Ingredients of a good mystery:  problem (crime), perpetrator of the crime (usually not knowing this is what makes the mystery), a motive (reason) for the problem (crime), and all the necessary clues for solving the mystery and the resolution (solution).

TAKE NOTES FOR CLUES

Tell-Tale Heart Day 2

Vocab:Go over words and meanings.

Tell-Tale Heart 

Write down predictions as we go, only revealing them one step at a time.

Prediction Questions 

Discuss story and predictions. 

The Best Rule for Commas

There are a crazy amount of rules for when to appropriately use a comma in your writing.  Want to learn a trick?  Read your writing aloud, and whenever you come to a natural pause, add a comma.

    "Then I'm there and I'm looking in through the glass in the door to the listening room and I'm glad I came.  She's sitting there right where she was yesterday her long fingers hovering above the keys of her laptop head tilted to one side listening.  She's got on a dark green sweater and some reddish corduroy pants.  There's a thin strand of pearls around her neck.  She looks dressed up prettier than ever.  Somebody knows what looks good on this girl." -Things Not Seen