8-2-2010

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Students will:

 * ===learn to deliver formal presentations.===
 * ===respond to non-fiction writing.===
 * ===make connections to non-fiction text.===
 * ===analyze the elements of drama.===
 * ===learn new vocabulary.===

**Homework:**
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 * Vocabulary Packet: Chapter 17 (given at the end of class)
 * Scene Summaries in Cornell Notes Style
 * 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__

 * Speaking Section: Review Presentation Assignments**
 * Explain the assignments. Presentations are worth 15% of your grade.
 * Dialectical Journal = 5% (the presentation and the writing are two separate grades)
 * Portfolio Presentation = 10%
 * Follow the guide on your web sites.
 * You are allowed to use 3x5 cards.
 * Show students the rubric: [[file:Presentation Evaluation Form 2010.doc]]
 * Discuss the rubric.
 * What kinds of questions will I ask? (Charting the text and anything that was unclear from your presentation)
 * Wednesday: Dialectical Journal Presentations
 * Thursday and Friday: Portfolio Presentations


 * Speaking Section: Review Connections Chart**
 * share two of your connections with a partner.
 * Call on student volunteers to share.


 * Writing Section: Respond to the Prompt**
 * One page letter.


 * Reading Section: Complete Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet**
 * Read/listen/and watch the Act
 * Students complete Act 4 in the Packet
 * Students complete the Analyze Literature questions at the end of the Act


 * Give students time, if any is left, to work on presentations/dialectical journals**.