Update Jan. 23

Writing Portfolio
We worked on revising our letter to the editor. We learned when to use a comma between two consecutive adjectives. We also learned when to capitalize the word "constitution." I also introduced the concept of parallelism.

We learned the three rules of revision:
1) Be concise.
2) Be clear.
3) If you can't be both, be clear.

In the spirit of being both concise and clear, the word limit for the assignment has been raised to 400 words.

Core
Bellwrite #7: Select a passage for your reading in Pride and Prejudice to comment on.

We held a student-driven discussion on Pride and Prejudice. We also prepared for the history test tomorrow. Finally, we watched "Beware of Pride" (Benson) to help us understand the different faces of pride that we may be seeing in the novel.

Homework
Study for the history test.
Work on the First Vision memorization.
By next Tuesday, finish your revisions for conciseness on your letter to the editor.