6-28-2010

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Students will:

 * understand class requirements and expectations
 * understand and define story elements
 * understand and apply active reading strategies
 * understand and define vocabulary for reading
 * understand and identify nouns and pronouns
 * work collaboratively

**Homework:**
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 * Complete the Summary section of ALL of your Cornell Notes today.
 * Complete your Dialectical Journal for "Gift of the Magi"

Reminders:

 * ** Checking homework tomorrow: **
 * ** Dialectical Journal: Gift of the Magi **
 * ** Cornell Notes Summaries **
 * ** Class Expectations/Procedures **
 * ** Elements of a Short Story **
 * ** Summary Sentences for Gift of the Magi **
 * ** Summer School Planner (Due Each Friday) **
 * ** [|summer school planner 2010.pdf] **

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__Agenda__

 * Introductions and class expectations**: Mr. Devine will explain what you will be expected to do, classroom procedures, attendance and other information you will need to successfully complete this class for credit.
 * Keep Cornell Notes. (Always title your pages properly)
 * Review Cornell Notes.
 * Complete the Summary for homework.


 * Elements of a Short Story**:
 * Ask students what they already know about story elements.
 * Read "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" to examine the elements of a short story and discuss as a whole class.
 * Setting
 * Conflict
 * Point of View
 * Characters
 * Plot
 * Theme
 * Definitions of the above elements


 * Reading Section 3/1/10: Short Story Notes, Glencoe Lit p. 2-3**: In groups of 3 or 4, take Cornell Notes on short story elements. Have students share notes on Elmo and add missing information where necessary.
 * Complete the Summary section of your Cornell Notes at home.


 * Reading Section 3/1/10: Scan for Vocabulary Glencoe Lit p. 6-13:** Work in pairs to list the words you do not know, define them in easy English. **Define ALL of the words you don't know.

Speaking Section 3/1/10: Active Reading Strategies, Glencoe Lit p. 4-5**: Break class into 7 groups and assign each group a reading strategy. Supply each with a sheet of paper to create a visual chart. Have groups present their strategy to the class using the ELMO. Post the strategies to use during reading of short stories.


 * Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns**
 * Pearson
 * Keep Cornell Style Notes
 * Choose the 2 Nouns in each sentence.
 * Choose the proper noun that should be capitalized.


 * Writing Section 3/1/10: Reading Focus Quick Write**:
 * Respond to the following quote by author George Eliot:
 * "One must be poor to know the luxury of giving".
 * What do you think it means? Do you agree?
 * You have 3 minutes to write your response.
 * Turn to a partner and share your response.
 * Keep this in mind as we read "Gift of the Magi".


 * Reading Section 3/1/10: Graphic Organizer for "Gift of the Magi**":
 * Work in Groups of 3 to 4
 * Create "diamond organizer" to use while reading/listening to "Gift of the Magi" (Audio) to reflect on key decisions or actions of the characters and how they affect the outcome of the story.
 * Write author and title in the middle diamond.
 * For square 1. Key Decision or Action
 * 2. Pros and Cons of the Decision or Action
 * 3. What I Would Have Done
 * 4. How the Story Would Change


 * Reading Section 3/1/10: Summary Sentences "Gift of the Magi", Glencoe Lit p. 6-13:**
 * Use your scan for vocabulary to read the story again in your groups.
 * Stop to write summary sentences after each paragraph, or paragraph grouping.
 * Write these summaries in Cornell Note style.