May+8,+2009

Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to write a body paragraph for a research essay.

Homework For Today:
No homework on Friday

Today's Agenda:
1. Warm-up and Correct the warm-up 2. Vocabulary Test #26--Read each word in a different order and students will write the correct spelling on their own piece of paper. Make sure that you DO NOT allow students to correct the vocabulary tests in an effort to save time. They have a tendency to cheat when given this opportunity. Something else that works to decrease the amount of cheating with the vocabulary tests is to have students turn their papers over once they have finished the test. Then, they pass these tests up to the front without having the person in front of them looking for the correct answers and (possibly) changing the answers. 3. Continue working on body paragraphs OR have students scan for vocabulary for the next story starting on page 261. Go through the beginning reading strategy on page 260 to get students ready to read the text. Begin reading the story, if time, on page 261-266.