July+6,+2009

Identify the meanings/spellings of 8 different vocabulary words
Review the correct way to write a business letter. Review the strategy, Make Inferences and apply it to another story.

Week #5, Day #1 Warm-up Sentences: (write on the white board as is and have students correct raising their hands and giving you the answers) 1. this year you will read my pet raccoon, a short story 2. dad has gave his old football equipment to sam ad he (This is to make sure students understand and can recognize capital letters and periods at the beginning and end of sentences. Believe it or not, a lot of students still have trouble with this, so it is good to reinforce it.)

Today's Agenda:
1. 2 Sentence Warm-up. (Write 2 sentences on the board and teach students that each day they will come in and copy the sentences, then correct any mistakes. They will need to hand in these papers at the end of each week. Also, students should label nouns and verbs starting this week. Underline nouns and circle verbs. 2. Pass out Vocabulary List #5 to students and read each word to them while they listen to the sound of each word. Have students repeat the word and spelling of each word. Have students translate these words and discuss the meanings of each using simple words that students can remember. In other words, do a word association with students so they can equate the vocabulary word with a word they already know. 3. Review/Finish writing business letters. You may be at the computer lab today, hopefully to type. Many students do not have a great deal of experience working in the lab, so it may be good to explain things like how to save, print and put the margins in the paper. See how this goes and what they already know and perhaps the students who have been here the longest can help the ones who do not have as much experience with this. 4. This week I thought students could focus on writing an expository paragraph. Use pages 318-322 to guide you through this process with students. The main point of this assignment will be to show them the steps of writing the expository paragraph not making sure that they have perfectly written English sentences.