I hope that you all enjoyed your 3-day weekend!  Please write independently while I take attendance.

Today we will begin working on understanding a challenging new standard:
RI.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

I can't wait to see how well we all do on it!

RFotD: The average person eats about 35 tons of food during a lifetime.  That's 70,000 pounds!  Read more about what we eat here.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes.