2-10-2010

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Students will:

 * ===learn to summarize paragraphs in order to monitor understanding.===
 * ===learn to use possessive pronouns and adjectives.===

**Homework:**
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 * Interactive Practice Book: page 83 (you need your Edge textbook from your ELD class to finish this).

Checking Homework Today:
 * Scan for Vocabulary, Article A
 * Pages 94 and 95 of the G&W Book

__Agenda__
1. DEAR:
 * ===Problem Sentences:=== || ===Solution Sentences:=== ||
 * ===1. We village is like town small.===

4. the man short doesn't have him money
|| === === ||

2. Before Reading "Freaky Food"
 * Interactive Practice Book page 84

3. Persuasive Writing: Reading Article A
 * Review the 3 ways that people persuade.
 * Begin reading the article.
 * Number all of the paragraphs.
 * Create sentence summaries for each paragraph as we read.


 * Paragraph one (introduces, explains, asks)...
 * Paragraph two (claims, shows, explains)...
 * Use a verb that shows that the paragraph does.
 * Some verbs that show what paragraphs do:
 * translate these words before we begin reading:
 * explain
 * show
 * argue
 * claim
 * ask
 * defend
 * question
 * illustrate
 * introduce
 * summarize
 * conclude

4. Begin homework.