December 2009 December 9th-- We have a test on Friday the 11th on all the prefixes we have been studying in class. You wrote all of these down. Please study. Due December 1st--finish reading your independent book and BE READY to write on the following assigned topic IN CLASS (please come with notes ready to write): In an essay that includes an introduction, a body, and a conclusion, do the following: Choose a character from your novel and then think of a situation that particular character is in where you personally would behave or act differently. For example, using the novel Stargirl, maybe you would take the character of Leo and explain how and why you would have accepted Stargirl instead of trying to change her into "Susan." Some tips: 1) Make sure you state your position briefly in your introduction. Your body should then back up your stated position. 2) DO NOT RETELL THE STORY! You may be tempted to simply re-tell everything that happened in the story. Do not do this. I want your own opinions and thoughts. You may have to re-tell tiny portions of the story for your essay to make sense. That is okay. 3) I like evidence and examples from the novel, other novels, your life--in other words, details that PROVE AND SUPPORT YOUR POINT. 4) Of course, spelling, grammar, and punctuation count. Make sure you indent all your paragraphs. Do not skip lines between paragraphs.