R1-23-09

Previous Next = = = January 23, 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:
 * Demonstrate the ability to organize information in an outline.
 * Demonstrate the ability to identify the elements of expository writing.


 * 1. Finish Reading "The Real Bloodsuckers"**
 * Keep notes in Cornell-Note Style.
 * Read the first paragraph together. What is the thesis statement?
 * Read the first section together. What are the main points? What kind of information are the main points?
 * 2. Formative Assessment Procedures**
 * Teach students that filling out the skeletal outline is the reading assessment.
 * Remind students that they cannot help each other during the test.
 * 3. Expository Formative Assessment**
 * Students take their first Expository FA.