Today in class we discussed gaining inspiration from other writers.
For homework: ALL LEVELS
  Write down the name
of the author after each sentence.
WORD BANK:  Sherman Alexie                Harper Lee           John Steinbeck
1.     When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm
badly broken at the elbow. ____________
2.    A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in
close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.
_________
3.    I was born with water on the brain. __________
Today we borrowed sentences from authors to make our own.  
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm
badly broken at the elbow.  
**I can take out information from this sentence to make  it my own.
For example:  When I was nearly 6, I broke my tooth.  
Level 1: Pick one of the sentences from above to make your own. 
Level 2: Pick two sentences from above to make your own.
Level 3: Make all three sentences above your own. 
Folks at home please sign: __________________
Please work on IXL and/or MyOn daily. 
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