11-18-08

=November 18, 2008= =Directions:=
 * 1) Get your notebook.
 * 2) Get your textbook.
 * 3) Get your Interactive Practice Book. (complete pages 72 and 73)
 * 4) Copy today's learning objectives.

=__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)= Students will:
 * Determine what details are important in student diaries.
 * Learn to identify strong sensory details in a sample narrative.
 * Learn to develop powerful personal narratives that include the use of sensory details, dialogue, internal monologue, and other literary devices.

Homework:

=__Agenda__ (do not copy)=

Students view a visual representation of real students' diaries from the film: media type="file" key="FreedomWritersStories.mp4"
 * 1. Before Reading** The Freedom Writers Diary
 * Interactive Practice Book 72-73.
 * 2. Read about Erin Gruwell p. 186.**
 * 3. Personal Narratives**
 * Read sample personal narrative.
 * Find sensory details, internal monologue, and similes.
 * What is the setting of the narrative?
 * 4. Reading** The Freedom Writers Diary (188-202)
 * Students form groups of three to four.
 * Students take turns reading in their groups.
 * The students pause the recording in order to answer questions in the margins.
 * Students also keep track of sensory details, dialogue, internal monologue, and other literary devices (simile, metaphor, etc.) as they read.