Week 7

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WELCOME TO SCIENCE FICTION WEEK!!

Students will focus on science fiction texts this week. Using this genre, they will practice RL 7.3: how literary elements interact. Ray Bradbury is the focus author of this week. We will read two of his stories: "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed" and "There Will Come Soft Rains." On Friday, we will have a cold quiz and writing assessment grade.

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