R1-22-09

Previous Next = = = January 22, 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 to organize information in an outline.
 * Learn to identify the elements of expository writing.

__Agenda__ (do not copy)
(very much a repeat of yesterday, continuing with introducing Reading Expository Writing)


 * 1.** **Review Reading Expository Writing**
 * What are these terms:
 * thesis statement
 * main point
 * quotation
 * paraphrase
 * statistic
 * fact
 * statistic
 * anecdote
 * Translate as needed.
 * 2. Outline**
 * Keep notes in Cornell-Note Style.
 * Show students how to format an outline using the handout from Mrs. Gross.
 * Students practice adding information to a skeletal outline.
 * 3. 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?