1-25-2010

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= __Essential Question__: What Makes Us Wise? =

Students will:

 * ===learn to ask questions while reading.===
 * ===learn key vocabulary.===

**Homework:**
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 * Read "Be Water, My Friend", write one question for each page, and answer your questions.

Reminders:
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 * ** Checking homework today: **
 * ** Mr. Devine will be in the Night Library every Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00. **

__Agenda__
When students enter the room, please show the learning objectives and homework on the overhead using the ELMO document camera. Give students 1 or 2 minutes to copy the learning objectives and homework before beginning the agenda. All of today's items--while we have gone over them before in the book--are not in the book. Therefore, all of these examples/templates need to be shown to students using the overhead projector. Please be aware that the overhead projector gets VERY hot during the day--be sure to keep it off the entire lunch period or it will be too hot to turn back on for 3rd period.

I have printed out 5 copies of the vocabulary and the Helping Verb Practice. Please give the extra copy to Ibraheem (4th period) due to his extreme vision impairment.


 * 1. Vocabulary Review**
 * Unit 2
 * I have printed out 5 copies of this. After students copy the learning objectives/homework, show the Vocabulary practice quiz on the overhead projector. This is just a warm up, so no need to collect it. Give students 5 or 6 minutes to copy the word and write the definition that matches the word next to it.
 * After, call on students to give their responses. Have students read the word and the full definition. You can even ask students to explain to you, in better words than the definition, what the words mean (or give you a sentence with the word in it).


 * 2. Helping Verbs Practice**
 * Have students copy the verb chart in their notebooks (when they ask, tell them "Yes, all of it.")
 * After students have the chart in their notes, review each verb with the students, when to use it, and examples. Feel free to have students read out loud.
 * Then, show students the practice sentences and have them write the sentences using the helping verbs correctly in their notebooks.
 * Call on students to share their responses.


 * 3. Re-reading "Be Water, My Friend"**
 * Students have already read this story, but we have a final this week, so they need to review the story AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, the reading strategy that goes along with this story (Ask Questions).
 * Review the reading strategy with students. Tell them they will be using the strategy when they read the story.
 * Read the story to the students as they follow along silently.
 * Have students re-read the story in small groups of 3 to 4.
 * As students read in groups, have them write questions in their notebooks then read and answer those questions.
 * Now, many students may already have sticky notes in their books with questions. Students will be tempted to just copy down their old questions, but remind students that they need to practice the reading strategy for this week's final because the final requires them to Ask Questions while reading--just like they are doing for this story. Some students may say that this is their homework so they don't need to work in class... tell them they need to use the entire class period to work.

If students finish early, have them write 10 sentences using 2 or 3 of their vocabulary words: