Agenda Day Twelve

Agenda Day Eleven September 13 & 16, 2013 Fri/Mon

Activities: 

• Review “American History” essay using model student essays.
• Students work in grammar groups based on their diagnostic test results.

• Begin vocabulary study for list #2.  Write definition, synonyms, antonyms, companion forms. 
• Write an original sentence for each word using context clues.  Identify the type of clue.

Home Learning: 

• Read Ch. 1-11; answer corresponding discussion questions from handout.  Purchase The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks books at Books a Million.
• Revise “American History” author’s purpose essay; submit to turnitin.com before next class.

• http://my.hrw.com lewis473   m5e8p (online textbook)

Agenda Day Twelve September 17 & 18, 2013 Tue/Wed

Objective  1.7.3  Students will be able to paraphrase and/or summarize the main idea and explain how the relevant ideas help convey the central message.

Essential Question 1.7.3 What is the central idea of the text and how is it developed over the course of the text?

Resources: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Part One

Higher Order Questions

What is the essential message of Part One The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?

Vocabulary

Main idea (stated/implied) - The most important idea expressed in a piece of writing. It may be the central idea of an entire work or a thought expressed in the topic sentence of a paragraph. The implied main idea is the main idea of a passage or an article that is not directly stated but formed from what is suggested by an author from the supporting details.

Essential message - The most important point an author makes

Inference—The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true; the conclusions drawn from this process.

Paraphrasing - Helps readers to clarify meaning by restating information in their own words.

Summarize/summary statement - A general statement that presents the main points or facts in condensed form, omitting unimportant details and information.

Activities:

• Think:  Students will use the GIST strategy to summarize part one. (1.7.3); Pair:  Students will pair together to discuss their answers; Share:  Students will share their responses with the class.
• Discuss Author’s Purpose essays.  Next class Review model essays; rewrite essay and improve; submit revision to turnitin.com. (in class)

·        Students work in grammar groups based on their diagnostic test results.

Reminders:

• http://www.stantonenglish.blogspot.com/ View for agendas if you are absent or need to review information.

Upcoming:

• Review Non-fiction Unit Concepts and Terms

·        Review “American History” test

·        Review Voc #1 test

·        Test on Part One The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Home Learning: 

• Complete (1^st 10 words) vocabulary study for list #2.  Write definition, synonyms, antonyms, companion forms.  Write an original sentence for each word using context clues.  Identify the type of clue.  Bring to class next class for review.  Refer to your context clues handouts.
• Begin reading Part Two Ch. 12-22 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.