TODAY’S AGENDA
Double Period
ONE-MINUTE THOUGHT ON PEACE:
There is a river ...
* TA:
seating, book talk, vocab, prefixes and suffixes
OPEN NOTE QUIZ
OPEN NOTE QUIZ
* Reminder about jobs
* Return any papers
* Go over any homework due today
* Reminder about SLANTS
* Poem of the week?
Today’s 1st Lesson:
The Paragraph Recipe
Gain attention
Did anyone cook something this summer using a recipe?
Inform learners of objectives
to learn the steps in a good writing recipe
Stimulate recall of prior learning
What recipe did you use last year?
Present the content
Practice)
Try writing a single chunk, using this SD:
"Yesterday was a rather __________ day."
* In notebooks, write covered topics in margin.
Assignment for tomorrow:
Write the body paragraph for your first essay of the year.
Topic: Describe a song or a movie
that somehow expresses your feelings
about the end of summer
and returning to school.
* The final essay will have three paragraphs,
including the body paragraph you will write tonight.
*The body paragraph should use the 11-sentence recipe,
and sentences should be labeled (TS,SD,CM,CS).
*Post the body paragraph on your blog tonight.
I will look for it tomorrow morning.
TA:
Rise, push in chairs, exit quietly with thanks
Today’s 2nd Lesson:
The Serious Reader's Bookmark
Gain attention
How many of you consider yourselves "serious" readers?
Inform learners of objectives
-- to understand the qualities of a really serious reader
Stimulate recall of prior learning
Did you do "serious reading" last year?
Present the content
Pass out the book marks and carefully examine,
and then pass out TKAM
Elicit performance (practice)
Read aloud from TKAM, and ask students to visualize and memorize
In notebooks, write covered topics in the margin.
TA: Rise, push in your chairs, and leave quietly.
