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Mountain Man Obituary

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I just wanted to give you an update regarding Landon’s assignment called the Mountain Man Obituary. We spent 4 days in the computer lab March 7-10 working on this assignment. It is a research paper assignment. There is a checklist of items the students are supposed to complete. 1st, Landon is supposed to find 20 facts/notes concerning his mountain man, John Weber. Last Friday and yesterday, Landon along with other students went to the computer lab to work on finding the facts. Next, Landon is supposed to use the facts to write a Rough Draft research paper on line paper. Landon is supposed to have an adult proofread the paper for punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors. Next, Landon is supposed to type up his Final Draft and also

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