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Unit 3 Essential Questions: What makes us the same? What makes us different?
= February 18, 2011 =

Students will:
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 * summarize nonfiction texts to increase reading comprehension.
 * share ideas using sentence starters.
 * explore information from a variety of sources.
 * Summary section of Cornell Notes.

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 * Checking all homework today.
 * Go to the Night Library for extra help!

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1. Unit 3, Cluster 1 Vocabulary
 * Quizlet
 * TPR

2. 2/18/11 Talking about the Global Warming [|Video]
 * Before watching the video, have students set up a page of Cornell Notes.
 * Questions for the left side:
 * What are some images you saw in the video?
 * What problems does the video show?
 * What solutions to global warming does the video offer?
 * ** Show the video two or three times to help students answer the questions. **
 * Have students pair up with a partner to share responses.
 * Sentence frames for answers on the right side of the Cornell Notes:
 * I saw video and pictures that showed......................................
 * The video shows many problems such as..........................................
 * The video offers many solutions like.............................................
 * Ask student volunteers to share their responses for each question.
 * Homework: the summary section of the notes.

3. 2/18/11 Article 2 Summary Sentences
 * Begin marking the text:
 * Number the paragraphs (we will do steps 2 and 3 of Marking the Text later)
 * [|Article 2 Summaries.doc]
 * Students first read as a class, then form groups to read using scanned vocabulary.
 * Then, show students the summary sentence starters. Students complete their work in small groups.
 * Before moving on, we share our summaries out.

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