8th Grade LA- Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Do Now:
- List the adjectives and adverbs in the following passage. Make sure to label the words as ADJ or ADV. Number your paper.

(from CNN.com)
With firefighting C-130s and helicopters flying overhead and another dry, hot, windy day in the forecast, ground crews tackled fires Tuesday that have burned more than 1 million acres in Texas.

One fire, burning near Possum Kingdom Lake, less than 70 miles from the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, had destroyed at least 31 homes and was threatening more than 600 others, the Texas Forest Service reported Tuesday.

The town of Strawn has been evacuated, and the fire has closed within six miles of Graham, where Bailey Barnett has already had to flee once after ash thick as snow began falling around her home.

The area remains under threat, but Barnett, who is pregnant with her first child, has another reason to worry: Her husband, she said, is a volunteer working on the fires with the Graham Fire Department.

"It's been really, really, stressful," Barnett said Tuesday. "I don't think a lot of people realize how bad it is."

Today:

- Re-read directions that I posted on Friday about the project.

- Work on note cards and source cards!

TOMORROW- must have three source cards (or it can be printed off on paper) and at least 20 note cards with high quality information. Your note cards should have headings/topics and bullet points. They must be cross-referenced to your source cards.