December+8,+2010

Previous Next ELD Literacy Support = December 8, 2010 =

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= Unit 1 Essential Question: What Makes Us Wise? =

Students will:

 * learn how to write and identify a thesis.
 * learn the difference between the topic and a topic sentence.
 * learn the new vocabulary words.

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 * Review the new vocabulary words.
 * Checking homework today:
 * Go to the Night Library for extra help!

=__Agenda__=

1. Copy the Learning Objectives and Homework. 2. The class will create thesis statements by copying in their notebooks the templates and main ideas listed below in their notebook. Once in their notebook the class will work to complete the templates and figure out about creating new main ideas of their own based on topics the teacher provides.

Topic 1: El Cajon Main Idea 1: ? Main Idea 2: ?
 * __ Topics and Main Ideas: __**

Topic 2: party Main Idea 1: ? Main Idea 2: ?

Topic 3: dog Main Idea 1: ? Main Idea 2: ?

Template 1: __. .__ is both __. .__ and __. .__. (Topic) (Main Idea 1) (Main Idea 2)

Template 2: is both _ and for (Topic) (Main Idea 1) (Main Idea 2)

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3. Students will complete the vocabulary pages on page 52-53 in the Interactive Book by reading and filling in the different boxes. 4. The teacher will discuss the different between a topic and a topic sentence. Once the teacher has discussed the difference between the two the students will get into pairs and share what they learned about the differences.

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