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If you have your most recently read book cover, please write your name on it and tack it to the reading board.  YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR COVER UP BY THE END OF THE WEEK!

TODAY in blocks H and F, we will:

1. BRAINSTORM: WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF GOOD WRITING?  Make sure you have your English notebooks to write down our ideas:

2.  PROMPT DRIVEN WRITING:  Choose 1 of the following prompts written below and write a well structured short essay addressing the prompt. Use what you know about good writing to help you compose your response.

           -  If you were a king or a queen, what do you think is the most important role a monarch plays in people's lives?

           - When teenagers graduate from high school they should be required to serve   in the military for two years.

           - What is love?

           - Imagine that you fell down a mine shaft with nothing more than a pair of   extra socks, some dental floss, a mini-flashlight, a bag of pretzels, and a set of         keys. You managed to survive for two days and then freed yourself.  Now, tell the story of how you escaped.