http://goo.gl/ceFSy9
Open the above link and read - The Treasure of Lemon Brown

Sentence Modelling

The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood as he sat on the stoop of his building.
                                   
                                                 The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers

Short Story - All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury

http://goo.gl/reoWKz
Open the above link and read the short story All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury

Sentence Modelling

I thought myself pretty smart at many things, like holding my breath, running, jumping, or climbing the vines in Old Woman Swamp, and I wanted more than anything else someone to race to Horsehead Landing, someone to box with, and someone to perch with in the top fork of the great pine behind the barn, where across the fields and swamps you could see the sea.
                                                                                                     The Scarlet Ibis - James Hurst

Schoolology - Integrating Quotes

https://www.schoology.com/resources/public/14364199/profile
The above link provides a review of the work we did in class today.  The pdf on Integrating Quotes is a resource you may refer to when you are unsure of how to integrate quotes properly. Remember: a quotation is not just for when you are writing character dialogue - it should also be used when you quote text.

Integrating quotes from darinjohn2

Paraphrasing

http://goo.gl/OcZSW8 - Open the link and explore.

Sentence Modelling

She had been dreaming about a squirrel. In her dream, he was flying with his legs straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him.  He was a squirrel on his way to save someone!  He looked supremely, magnificently heroic.

Flora & Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo