7-9-2010

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Students will:

 * ===review and show understanding of sentence parts, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, concjunctions, and interjections.===
 * ===review and show understanding of elements of short story.===
 * ===review and show understanding of charting a text.===

**Homework:**
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 * Dialectical Jouornal: "The Cask of Amontillado" due Monday
 * Mr. Devine is checking all today's work tomorrow.

Reminders:

 * ** Checking homework today: **
 * ** See the list on the white board. **
 * ** Summer School Planner (Due Each Friday) **
 * ** [|summer school planner 2010.pdf] **

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__Agenda__

 * Grammar Section: Basic Sentence Parts**
 * **Students keep Cornell Notes.**
 * **Identify Complete Subjects and Predicates**
 * **Sentence or Fragment?**
 * **Identify Simple Subjects and Predicates**
 * **Compound Subjects and Verbs**


 * Reading Section: Write questions for the Elements of Short Story quiz**
 * Using the story "Before the End of Summer", write questions about setting, characters, theme, point of view, plot, and conflict that you think might appear on today's test.
 * Share possible test questions.


 * Reading Section: Elements of Short Story Chart & Evaluate and Connect "The Cask of Amontillado"**
 * Setting, characters, theme, point of view, plot, and conflict.
 * Complete 6-10 on page 93.


 * Grammar Section: Sentence Parts**
 * Many English sentences follow the SVO model (Subject, Verb, Object). Yesterday we learned about subjects, now we will review objects.
 * Direct Objects
 * Direct Object or Object of a Preposition?
 * Indirect Objects


 * Grammar Section: Grammar Quiz**
 * Write grammar questions like those that you think might appear on our test this week. The test will be on: adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, subjects, and predicates.
 * For example: "What is the adverb in the following sentence? He almost touched the top of the roof."


 * Speaking Section: Dialectical Journal Presentation**
 * Show the class your dialectical journal.
 * Describe your picture--what does it represent?
 * Read one of your quotations.
 * What does that quotation mean?
 * Why is it important?
 * What is your personal response?


 * Reading Section: prepare for the Charting the Text Assessment**
 * Give students time to mark the text for the assessment and to Chart the Text before going to the computer lab.
 * [|Charting The Text Assessment.pdf]


 * Computer Lab:**
 * Take your 3 quizzes.


 * Continue Working on your Dialectical Journal "The Cask of Amontillado"**
 * Begin in class.
 * Finish for homework.