3-9-2010

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= __Essential Question__: What Makes Us the Same? What Makes Us Different? =

Students will:

 * ===monitor reading comprehension.===
 * ===write a persuasive essay.===

**Homework:**
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 * Page 203 (all) and page 204 (Grammar)

Reminders:
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 * ** Checking homework today: **
 * ** Page 202 1-2. **
 * ** Mr. Devine will be in the Night Library every Tuesday from 3:00 to 6:00. **

__Agenda__
1. Vocabulary Review
 * Space Race
 * Top score in 3 minutes wins.

2. Pre-Writing Body Paragraph 2
 * Take out your summary triangles.
 * Show the prompt again:

// Computers, the Internet, and cell phones are all a part of modern technology. They have changed people’s lives in many ways. Despite improvements to communication, modern technology has had a negative influence on teenagers. Defend or challenge this claim. //


 * Ask, are you defending or challenging this claim?
 * Which quotations from the summary triangles support your answer?
 * Pick the 2 best quotations that you want to use.

3. Re-read "The Simple Sport" pages 199-202
 * Groups of 3 to 4.
 * Re-read the article.
 * Answer the Monitor Comprehension question on page 201.

4. Review Prefixes
 * Continue to work in groups.
 * Complete 1-5, in a chart, on page 205.

5. Begin HW if time permits.