Monday, March 26th Late Start



Put finishing touches on your scene. At the TOP of your scene, please write the TYPE of scene you wrote.  Edit carefully. You will then have ONE member of your group turn in your scene to Google Classroom.  Make sure to type all of the group members names on the top of your document.  I will  be copying and pasting your work into ONE document.

 If you finish, work on your story starter from Thursday.  We will be meeting in our writing groups on Thursday. You will need something to share.  

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