R2-27-09

Previous Next = = = February 27, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Today is an assembly day. Our schedule today:
 * **PERIOD 1** 8:00 9:14 (74)
 * NUTRITION 9:14 9:20 (6)
 * PASSING 9:20 9:29 (9)
 * **9:29-11:30 (Assembly. I do not have a period 2, so you will not need to take any of my classes to the assembly. This is my prep period.)**
 * LUNCH 11:30 12:00 (30)
 * PASSING 12:00 12:09 (9)
 * **PERIOD 3** 12:09 1:23 (74)
 * PASSING 1:23 1:32 (9)
 * **PERIOD 4** 1:32 2:46 (74)

Directions (students know to do this):

 * 1) Get your folder and all of its contents from.
 * 2) Take out your notebook.
 * 3) Copy today's **learning objectives** and **homework**.

__Learning Objectives__ (write on the board and have students copy in their planner/notebook)
Students will:
 * Make Connections to readings.
 * Learn key vocabulary.
 * Learn to read plays.

**Homework:**

 * Study yesterday's vocabulary list.


 * 1. Dealing With Disasters (page 223 in the High Point book with the cloud cover)**
 * Students form groups after writing the learning objectives.
 * Students work together to answer the 3 questions on the page.
 * Each student must write, in Cornell Note style, in their own notebooks. **EVERYTHING DONE TODAY MUST BE DONE IN CORNELL NOTE STYLE**
 * All students participate.
 * 2. Build Language and Vocabulary page 225**
 * Have groups complete "Brainstorm Ideas" and "Build Your Vocabulary"
 * Explain the directions to students. Ask students to translate for each other.
 * Encourage students to use the purple Arabic-English dictionaries at the back of the room.
 * 3. Prepare to Read "Earthquake at Dawn"** page 226
 * Students write the vocabulary words and define them in English as well as Arabic, Spanish, or Burmese.
 * **Also, students finish scanning pages 228-236 for words they do not know (they should have started this yesterday). Have them define these words also.**
 * "Learn Key Vocabulary" -- Students copy the cluster map and add to it/complete it. All students do this in their notebooks.
 * "Learn About Plays" -- Students copy the reading strategy steps **and** translate any unfamiliar words into their native language.
 * Review as a class: What is a play? What is a script? How do we read a script? Refer to the script starting on page 229 when explaining how to read a script.
 * 4. Reference Point: The Making of an Earthquake" page 227**
 * In their groups, students must study the diagrams on this page.
 * Discuss, in their groups, how earthquakes happen.
 * Afterward, discuss as a class how earthquakes happen.