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Hey new Excel 10 students!

This is Mr. Wickersham, one of your Excel teachers. We're excited about the upcoming school year and hope you are too. Ms. Zimmerman and I have sent you that letter to get you thinking about reading and writing before you get started in school on Tuesday, Sept. 5. You must post on this website before class begins on Tuesday, because this is your first assignment.

First, tell us about a book you have read this summer.
1. Give us the title and author;
2. Next, provide a short paragraph summarizing the book;
3. Pull a meaningful quote out of the book and explain why it's important to the story;
4. Who do you think is the intended audience for this book and why?;
5. On a scale of 1 -5 (one being awful, five being terrific), what would you rate this book and why?

In order to comment on the blog, either press comment or post a comment at the bottom of the blog. Then, a new page will appear and on the right hand side of the page, you'll have a box in which to type your assignment under Leave your comment. You do not have to sign in or create an account, but just put your first name with the first initial of your last name (i.e. Geoff W.) at the bottom of the page. (Once we get to know everybody, you won't need to leave the initial of your last name except for the 4 Joshes, 2 Stephanies, 2 Matthews, 2 Seans, 2 Jordans, and 2 Nicoles that we have. There are 61 students in the class). We only use first names for privacy reasons. After you are finished typing your assignment, scroll down the screen to where you'll see a word verification box. It will look something like YYPKW in wavy letters. You need to do this to make sure that you're not a computer program trying to post spam on the website. Then press preview and change if you want to, or press publish.

You will not see your post on the screen right away, because either myself or Ms. Zimmerman have to approve the post before it goes on the website. If you don't see your reply posted within a few days, try it again.

Thanks. We look forward to working with you.

Mr. Wickersham and Ms. Zimmerman