9-23-2009

Previous Next = = = September 23, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Table of Contents page

Directions:

 * 1) Get your notebook.
 * 2) Get your textbook.
 * 3) Copy today's **learning objectives** and **homework**.

= __Essential Question__: Who Am I? =

__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)
Students will:
 * Learn to write using sensory details.
 * Learn how to give information using the verb "be".

**Homework:**

 * Write a short paragraph (2 to 4 sentences) using sensory details.
 * What is the paragraph about? **Your clothes**.

Begin after giving students 2 minutes to copy the learning objectives and homework in their planners. PLEASE REMIND STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING **EVERYTHING** ON TODAY'S AGENDA, INCLUDING HOMEWORK--SO IF THEY WASTE TIME, THEY WILL HAVE MORE HOMEWORK!


 * 1.** **Review Homework** (10-15 minutes)
 * Give the students the following directions.
 * Take out your homework (10 sentences using sensory details).
 * **Think** and pick your two favorite sentences.
 * **Tell** your two sentences to a person sitting near you.
 * **Share** your one sentence with the class when the teacher calls on you.


 * 2. Give Information **(tell students their work/notes will go in the speaking section of their Table of Contents) (this series of activities will take about 40-50 minutes)
 * Lead students through page 7 of the textbook. (10-15 minutes)
 * Read "Nice to meet you!"
 * These students are giving information about each other.
 * Show students what is going on in this conversation. Tell (and have Peer Tutors help with translation) students How to Give Information.


 * Use the Verb Be (10 minutes)
 * Lead students through page 8.
 * Go over the chart.
 * "Say It" in groups of 3
 * "Write it" in your notebooks
 * Talk About A Friend (15-20 minutes)
 * Lead students through page 9.
 * Working in larger groups (split the class into 3 large groups, put Peer Tutors in charge of 2 groups and you take the other group)
 * Students pair up within the large group to find out information about each other:
 * Name
 * Age
 * Favorite Color
 * More About My Classmate
 * Students give information about their partner to the rest of the group.


 * 3. Using sensory details to describe an event** (remainder of class)
 * What is an __event__? Help explain this to students through translators.
 * Show students how to describe aBirthday Party using the graphic organizer. I'll leave 3 or 4 copies of this for you to use with the ELMO document camera--one for each period. Have students help you fill it out.
 * Tell students: Give sensory details to describe a birthday party.
 * [|Fill in a Sensory Details chart]
 * [|Sensory Details Graphic Organizer.pdf]

If you happen to get through everything, please have students begin their homework.