11-20-08

= November 20, 2008 =

Reminders:

 * ===Academic Vocabulary Test: Tuesday 11/25 ===
 * ===Narrative Assessment #4: Tuesday 11/25 ===
 * ===Unit 2, Cluster 3 Test: Wednesday 11/26 ===

Directions:

 * 1) Get your notebook.
 * 2) Get your textbook.
 * 3) Get your Grammar and Writing Book. (complete pages 51 and 52)
 * 4) Copy today's **learning objectives** and **homework**.

__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)
Students will:
 * Learn to develop powerful personal narratives that include the use of sensory details, dialogue, internal monologue, and other literary devices.
 * Learn key vocabulary.
 * Learn when to use helping verbs (might, could, would).


 * 1. Unit 2, Cluster 3 Quizlet (matching quiz)**
 * Choose 3 to use in a sentence.
 * 2. Reading The Freedom Writers Diary**
 * Students form groups of three to four.
 * Students read along with the audio CD.
 * Pause the recording in order to answer questions in the margins--students do this in their groups.
 * Students also keep track of sensory details, dialogue, internal monologue, and other literary devices (simile, metaphor, etc.) as they read.
 * 3. Formative Narrative Assessment**
 * With 25-30 minutes left in the period, students take the week 3 Narrative Formative Assessment.
 * 4. Study Academic Vocabulary.**