Class, July 7 (back from our long holiday!)

Yes, today did feel like a painful Monday, but we got through it all! 

First, we went over the Madame CJ Walker reading from the long weekend.  We read it as a class and then covered the T/F questions given as homework as well as some multiple choice comprehension questions too.  You can find those both on Blackboard (click "assignements, unit #2). 

Second, we learned about a new graphic organizer...FISHBONE ORGANIZERS 

As you can see, with the fishbone organizer, you use the spine of the fish for the main idea (in a paragraph, it'd be the topic sentenc, for an essay, the thesis).  Then you use the "ribs" as lines for support.  You can branch this off several times over as needed. 

You can alter this organizer and make it take another form (that of a spider) if you are so inclined.