R2-26-09

Previous Next = = = February 26, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Arabic Tutorial Every Monday and Wednesday in room 1110.
 * Reading Expository Writing Formative Assessment Every Friday!

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:
 * Learn key vocabulary from past readings.
 * Use key vocabulary in grammatically correct sentences.
 * Work cooperatively together.

**Homework:**

 * Study your "Reading Expository Key Terms" list


 * 1. Key Terms from Expository Essays**
 * Students get in to groups after copying the learning objectives.
 * Give all students a copy of the "Reading Expository Key Terms" list.
 * Tell students to save this list and study it--there will be a large vocabulary test on these words next week.
 * Give groups 5 minutes to study/review the list before starting **the next activity**:
 * Quiz students on the vocabulary words. Review 20-30 of the words at random. Prompt students with the definition of the word. Have student groups write the word they think matches the definition and hold it up (on scratch paper). Tell them as they hold it up if they are right or wrong. Make sure everyone in the group takes turns writing the word. After each word, review as a class: "So, which word means...?"
 * 2. Paragraph Practice**
 * Student groups work together to write a paragraph.
 * Students must pick 10 to 15 words from the vocabulary list and write a paragraph. All students in the group must participate. Encourage them to ask you how to express their thoughts in standard, grammatically correct English.
 * The teacher reads two or three of the student paragraphs to the class. Make corrections as you read: "I understand what you are trying to say. A better way to say this is..."
 * 3. Scan for vocabulary**
 * Students continue to work together, but all students must write in their own notebook.
 * **Students scan pages** 228-236 (in the High Point book with the cloud cover--on the shelf at the back of the room) for words they do not know. They can use the dictionaries in the classroom to define/translate the words they do not know.
 * Students record words and definitions in their notebooks in Cornell Note style (words on the left, definitions on the right).
 * Have students get back in to rows before leaving.