11-18-2009

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= __Essential Question__: What Makes Us Wise? =

Students will learn:

 * ===Text structure: problem and solution===
 * ===Expository writing===

**Homework:**

 * Scan "The Drug that Pretends It Isn't" for vocabulary.
 * Find at least 30 words that you don't know and translate.

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Reminders:
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 * TEST FRIDAY!
 * ** Extra credit for students whose parents go to PIQE classes! **
 * ** Checking homework today: **
 * ** Summaries from your Cornell Notes **
 * ** Mr. Devine will be in the Night Library every Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:30. **

__Agenda__

 * 1. Homework Review**
 * [|ExpositoryWritingADevine.ppt]


 * 2. How to Recognize Text Structure**
 * Text
 * Structure
 * Organize
 * Pattern
 * Problem
 * Solution
 * Read through/explain the strategy.


 * 3. Read "Good Advice from Teens" p. 99**
 * advice
 * teens
 * Have students read aloud.
 * Form groups to answer questions 1-3
 * Get back into rows to answer the Return to the Text
 * Create a chart on the board, displaying the different advice AndyBird received.
 * 1) ==I think --- gives the best advice.==
 * 2) ==The advice is that AndyBird should  .==
 * 3) ==I think this is the best advice because -.==


 * 4. Begin homework**
 * Scan "The Drug That Pretends It Isn't" for vocabulary--translate also.