June+28,+2010+L3

Next Please copy the following in your planner for June 28, 2010 = Learning Objectives:  = Students will: == Homework Due Today: == == Today's Agenda:  ==
 * learn class expectations
 * think about and discuss the essential question
 * plan for a project relating to the essential question
 * learn new vocabulary
 * write summary sentences
 * understand theme, character, and conflict
 * no homework due today

> 7. If time, start working on comic book plot
 * 1) Copy learning objectives in planner
 * 2) The students will check out books by giving the teacher the book number to record on the seating chart. The teacher will give the students a notebook and a table of contents (15 min)
 * 3) In the Participation section: 6/28/10 [|Common Class Expectations.ppt] p# Create Cornell Notes. Write the question or topic on the left and the answer/explanation on the right. Use your own words. Write a summary at the end (40 minutes)
 * 4) In the Speaking section: 6/28/10 Essential Question Edge p.346-347 p#. The teacher will talk about the page and give directions. With your partner, read the essential question, the quotes, and the picture caption. Ask your partner the following:
 * essential question and record his/her answer.
 * his/her interpretation of the two quotes (the Hopi proverb and the quote by Martin Luther King Jr.)
 * ask your partner to study the picture on page 347 and ask your partner the question under the picture and record his/her answer.(30 min)
 * 1) In the Speaking section: 6/28/10 Essential Question Continued Edge p.348 p# . In groups of 3-4, read p. 348 and follow the directions. Read the questions, talk with your group, and record your answers **to all questions.** (30 min)
 * 2) In the Writing section: 6/28/10 Plan a Project Edge p. 349 P# Read the directions about creating a comic book or graphic novel. In your notebook, decide on your topic and create a plan for your comic book. You will need to create an outline of characters and a plot. The plot must be about the essential question. (20 min)
 * 3) In the Reading section: 6/28/10 Scan for Vocabulary "How to Read Short Stories" Edge p. 350-353. The students will write all unknown words, the teacher will provide English synonyms, and the students will find translations. (30 min)
 * 4) In the Reading section 6/28/10 Final Cut Edge p. 350 P# In groups of 3-4, take turns reading the article aloud and stop to write a summary sentence for each paragraph (20 min)
 * 5) In the Speaking section: 6/28/10 Connect Reading to Your Life Edge p. 351 P# Read the directions and the e-mail with the whole class, discuss with your partner, and write your partner's answer. (15 min)
 * 6) In the participation section: 6/28/10 Edge p. 351-353 P# Read the directions, discuss with your group, take Cornell notes on the following questions
 * 7) What does it mean to make connections?
 * 8) What is your job as a reader?
 * 9) What is a theme?
 * 10) What is a character?
 * 11) What is a conflict?
 * 12) What are consequences?
 * 13) What happens in the section titled "try an experiment?
 * 14) Answer the think, pair, share question (40 min)