Intermediate+ELD+7-1-11

//Copy the following in your planner/notebook for July 1, 2011//
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**Learning Objectives**
Students will : = Homework: = = Homework Due Today: = = = =Today's Agenda: =
 * learn to compare evidence.
 * learn to evaluate opinions.
 * learn how to fix run-ons.
 * increase reading comprehension.
 * Identify an author's argument and evidence.
 * Grammar and Writing Book pages: 187-188
 * Be sure you finish Reading Pyramids 1 and 2 for "Minorities and the Media"
 * Grammar and Writing Book pages: 185-186
 * Finish Interactive Practice Book pages 225 through page 227
 * Scan for vocabulary "A long way to go: minorities and the media" pages 524-531

0. Students enter the room and copy learning objectives and homework in their planners/notebooks. After they copy, review learning objectives and homework before beginning the lesson. Go back/review the learning objectives during the lesson. Each activity that students complete in their notebooks has a title in red. This red title will be copied at the top of the page in their notebook. Also, this red title will be copied in the Table of Contents. The Table of Contents has 4 sections: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Participation. Students will add each activity to the correct section of the Table of Contents.

1. Reading Section: 7/1/11 Vocabulary Practice
 * Click on the Quizlet link below. This takes you to online flashcards for the vocabulary words on page 494. From there, you can review the flashcards with students, have students take practice tests, etc. Choose one activity from the page to complete with students each day.
 * Quizlet

2. Writing Section: 7/1/11 Grammar Practice
 * Grammar Transparencies
 * Complete number 84, page 11 of this link. Review the grammar concept with students, then have students complete the practice section of the transparency in their notebooks.
 * After, have students pair-share their answers.

3. Review Scan for Vocabulary from yesterday.


 * Remind students that sometimes even when we translate a word into our first language, the word can still be hard to understand.
 * Also, some words don't translate well.
 * Ask students to tell you some words from their scanned vocabulary that:
 * they couldn't find a translation/definition for
 * the translation was unclear
 * Explain these words to students, give them time to add to their scan for vocabulary lists.
 * Use a Google image search for words that can best be explained with a picture.
 * Also, ask students of they found any synonyms for any words. You can also provide synonyms for some words.

4. Evaluate Evidence and Compare Opinions
 * Have students complete pages 230 and 231 in the Interactive Practice Book with your guidance.
 * Review/share responses in a brief class discussion before moving on.

5. Reading section: 7/1/11 Reading Pyramid #1 for "Minorities and the Media"
 * Read "The Wave of the Future" on page 524 with students.
 * Students take out their scan for vocabulary and read the first section, from page 526 through the first 2 lines of page 528.
 * For each section (there are 3 sections of this text), students will create a reading pyramid. See the diagram below for how to set up/complete reading pyramids.

6. Review reading pyramid before moving on
 * Have students pair-share their summary sentences, main points, and quotations (more speaking time).
 * Have student volunteers share our their main point (top of the pyramid) and one quotation that supports that main point.
 * Show good examples of pyramids on the overhead projector (showing students models of good work).

7. Reading section: 7/1/11 Reading Pyramid #2 for "Minorities and the Media"
 * Students take out their scan for vocabulary and read the second section, from page 528 through 529.
 * For each section (there are 3 sections of this text), students will create a reading pyramid. See the diagram below for how to set up/complete reading pyramids.

Students may begin homework if time permits.