Today, we began by going over fragment and run-on sentences. Zach practiced correcting and identifying each. Next, we continued working on his persuasive speech topic. Zach took his annotated research and made three main points to cover in the body of the speech, and then put it into outline format adding his research and arguments into the correct areas. Zach also found more evidence from current affairs to include in his speech. Next, we continued to work on his comparison assignment of 1984 vs. today. We continued to read into part 2 and discussed the plot elements at play in the book, and discussed the development of the main characters.