Go over summer reading essays and discuss qualities of a good essay: specific thesis statements and data to support claims

Discuss "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and write a thesis statement responding to the following prompt: Write an essay in which you explain how Sedaris uses rhetorical devices to achieve a comic effect.

HW: Finish thesis statement.

QW: Write about a time you had a conflict with another person.

Finish discussing "The Interlopers"

Notes on conflict; analyze conflict in "The Interlopers"

Handout: Conflict in "The Interlopers"

HW: Finish conflict handout; study for vocab quiz!