1-19-2010

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= __Essential Question__: What Makes Us Wise? =

Students will:

 * ===learn key vocabulary.===
 * ===learn to analyze character.===
 * ===review helping verbs.===
 * ===practice expository writing.===

**Homework:**
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 * Finish the advice column.

Reminders:
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 * ** Checking homework today: **
 * ** Mr. Devine will be in the Night Library every Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00. **

__Agenda__
When students enter the room, please show the learning objectives and homework on the overhead using the ELMO document camera. Give students 1 or 2 minutes to copy the learning objectives and homework before beginning the agenda. All of today's items--while we have gone over them before in the book--are not in the book. Therefore, all of these examples/templates need to be shown to students using the overhead projector. Please be aware that the overhead projector gets VERY hot during the day--be sure to keep it off the entire lunch period or it will be too hot to turn back on for 3rd period.


 * 1. Vocabulary Practice/Warm-Up**
 * These are our unit 2 vocabulary words. Please have students pick 10 words to write 5 sentences with (two vocabulary words per sentence). Please give them an example so they know what to do ("I have a problem and I need to find a solution.").
 * Give students 5 to 8 minutes to finish their sentences and then choose a few students to share their responses.


 * 2. Action Verb Review**
 * Have students copy these sentences in their notebooks using the correct verb forms. Choose students at random to share responses.


 * 3. Helping Verb Practice**
 * Have students use the correct form of helping verb/present progressive ("to be" + verb + -ing... as in "are helping" or "am learning").


 * 5. Analyze Character**
 * Lead students through this sample of how to analyze a character by creating a character chart:
 * Then, have students create a character chart of their own in order to analyze the character in the following text. Have students offer items from the example to fill in the chart. All students need to have their own chart completed.


 * 6. Advice Column**
 * [[file:Advice Column.pdf]]
 * I believe this part was printed out separately for you. If not, you can locate it at www.BeginningELD.wikispaces/1-19-2010 (it will be a linked file on that page as it is shown on this page).
 * Please lead students through the example of Problem/Solution writing, then have students begin the practice section. Read through the practice "problem" with students, show them the graphic organizer in order to organize their solutions, then show students the template to follow when creating an advice column out of their two possible solutions.
 * It is okay if students don't finish this in class because it is their homework. However, please be sure that they complete as much of it as they can before leaving class.