October+28,+2008

Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to explain the significance of subject and predicate. Students will be able to explain the process of when to use a contraction and how it is formed.

Homework For Today:
Copy numbers 1-10 from Grammar and Writing Practice Book (GWPB) page 5 on a separate sheet of paper 2X

Today's Agenda:
1. Warm-up and Correct the warm-up 2. Read each word from the Vocabulary List #5 and have students repeat the word and spelling of each word. Students turn their papers over and number 1-3. You say each word twice (number 1-3 only) and students write the word they hear. Correct the spelling of each word with students. Tell students tonight to study words 4-6. 3. Students should open their textbooks to page 26. Guide students through page 26 (skip Guide Information). Students should write the answers to the questions on page 26 in their notebooks. 4. Using an overhead transparency of page 5 in the GWPB, pass out copies of page 5 of GWPB and practice with students as you teach them the concept. Write some common contractions on the board and tell students to copy these contractions in their notebooks and determine what words form which contractions.