7-21-2010

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Students will:

 * ===learn new vocabulary.===
 * ===monitor comprehension while reading.===
 * ===learn to mark the text.===
 * ===learn about verb usage.===

**Homework:**
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 * Vocabulary Packet
 * Scene Summaries
 * The teacher 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__

 * Reading Section: Vocabulary Practice**
 * Begin the vocabulary packet.
 * Due Tomorrow.


 * Writing Section: Quick Write - Social Media** -- answer all the questions below (1/2 page)
 * What are the positive and negative aspects of social network sites?
 * Is it possible to spend too much time socializing in the digital world?
 * How much time do you spend on social network sites like Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.?
 * What is your primary purpose for using such sites? Who do you communicate with while online?


 * Reading Section: Vocabulary Front Loading**
 * Discuss key concepts/vocabulary.
 * Students keep notes during the explanation.
 * Give students 20 minutes to scan for vocabulary and define unfamiliar words in groups of 3 to 4.
 * Give them the article: [|Social Media Butterfly Article.pdf]
 * continue scanning in your notebook.


 * Grammar Section: Verb Usage**
 * Students keep Cornell Notes
 * Verb Usage Practice
 * [|Verb Tenses and Principal Parts]
 * [|Tenses of Regular and Irregular Verbs]
 * [|Distinguishing Between Active and Passive Voice]


 * Reading Section: Marking the Text -- Social Media Article**
 * Before beginning to read, explain why we are doing this. Why mark the text? How will this reading activity benefit student learning and their reading comprehension?
 * Reading Task: While reading “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such a Bad Idea,” **circle names of sources** and **underline what the sources say**.
 * In addition to circling names, **circle terminology that is used to describe social media and the kids using it**.
 * Give students 12 minutes to read the article and mark the text SILENTLY. (first reading)
 * Use your scanned vocabulary to help you understand.


 * Re-read the article. (second reading)
 * Make Connections to the text in the margins.


 * Reading Section: Romeo and Juliet Act I, sc. ii and Act I, sc. iii**
 * Read along with the CD.
 * Watch/read along with video. (the video skips act 1 sc. 2)


 * Stop after each scene to give students time to do their scene summaries.


 * Reading Section: Dialectical Journal**
 * Explanation of assignment requirements.


 * Begin/complete Vocabulary Packet** (homework)