3-25-09

Previous Next = = = March 25, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Mr. Devine is in the Night Library every Monday.

Directions:

 * 1) Get your notebook.
 * 2) Get your textbook.
 * 3) Get your Interactive Practice Book (complete pages 200 and 201 now -- 10 minutes).
 * 4) Copy today's **learning objectives** and **homework**.
 * 5) **ANYTHING YOU DON'T FINISH TODAY IS HOMEWORK!**

__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)
Students will:
 * Learn key vocabulary.
 * Learn to read a text for information.

**Homework:**

 * ANYTHING that is not finished in class.
 * "Too Young to Drive?" questions, including monitor comprehension.
 * How to Draw Conclusions chart
 * Complete assignments properly or you will have to re-do them.


 * 1. Interactive Practice book pages 200-201.**
 * Give students 10 minutes to complete this individually.
 * 2. Practice the Quizlet** for the vocabulary on page 540.
 * Click on the link below and give students 3 or 4 minutes to match the words to the definitions in their notes.
 * **[|Unit 6, Cluster 1]**
 * Call on students randomly to give their responses.
 * 3. "Too Young to Drive?"** pages 542-549
 * PLEASE take your time with this. If students are uncooperative, you will need to slow down to get everyone's attention. If that happens, students will have less time to complete their class assignment (giving them homework). Make sure students are respectful in my absence by giving you their full cooperation.
 * Have students QUICKLY form groups of 3 to 4. They know how to do this--they have been forming groups since September. Tell them if they can't quickly get in to groups in 30 seconds then this activity will be individual instead of group.
 * Students keep notes--Cornell Note Style
 * Review "How to Draw Conclusions" on page 541.
 * In addition to answering the questions in the margins of this story, students will create a chart like the one shown on this page. Tell students to begin by making a 3 column chart and individually fill in the "What I already know" column. As they read, they will fill in the other columns.
 * Call on student volunteers to read out loud beginning on page 542--one paragraph per volunteer. Give everyone a chance to read. Stop at each question and have students answer the question, Cornell Style, in their notebooks. Tell students they don't need to copy the whole question--just summarize it.
 * ALSO have students complete the Monitor Comprehension question on 546.
 * Remind students to complete the assignment properly or I will have them re-do it.


 * Whatever the students did not finish today is homework and it is **due tomorrow** (including the How to Draw Conclusions Chart, the questions in the margins (1-8) and the Monitor Comprehension question).
 * If students didn't finish, have them take their book home to finish their work.