2-3-09

Previous Next Reading Team, please post your agenda for today's date here.
on my wikispace: follow this link ||  ||   || 1) Scan sample essay for vocabulary 2) Students take Cornell Notes on the format of an outline
 * ~ Devine ||~ Harris ||~ Gross ||~ Jackson ||
 * Please refer to today's page
 * define unfamiliar terms
 * Intro, Body, Conclusion on the left, terms with Arabic/Spanish definitions on the right ||

=**Mr. Harris (Reading)**=


 * analyze expository essays
 * define the elements within an expository essay
 * self-pace when reading narratives.

3) Create an outline (Cornell Notes)
= = **I. Introduction**
 * Topic
 * Thesis Statement
 * II. Body**
 * Main Point
 * Support
 * Continue in this pattern for all paragraphs
 * III. Conclusion**
 * Restatement of thesis
 * Summary of Main Points

In life you get to know many people. Some people you meet are mean and you try to stay away from them. However, some people are nice. When you meet a nice person that you like, you can become friends with that person. But as everyone knows, friends sometimes get in to arguments with each other. It is important for friends to resolve their arguments and become good friends again. Even very good friends sometimes have arguments. This doesn't mean that the friends are not friends anymore. It just means that the friends have to sit down together and talk about their disagreement. Often, when friends sit down and talk to each other about why they are fighting they can reach a solution. For example, I had a disagreement with a good friend of mine the other day. We were angry at each other because other girls were saying that we were saying bad things about each other. Other girls told my friend I called her stupid and they told me that she called me ugly. My friend and I got angry and that is when we started to fight. Finally, we decided to sit down and talk to each other. I told her that I never called her stupid and she told me that she never called me fat. After talking like this we resolved our problem and became good friends again. I am so glad we are good friends again. She is like a sister to me and it made me feel bad when we were fighting. In conclusion, friends should not stay angry at each other. It is very important that good friends resolve their disagreements so they can be good friends again. I was able to save my relationship with my best friend just by sitting down and talking to her. I think deciding to sit and talk to my friend about why we were fighting was a very good idea because now I have my friend back and that makes me very happy. = =
 * Read the essay below out loud in pairs. Take turns reading. Afterward, create an outline for the essay.
 * Identify the topic and thesis statement in the introduction.
 * What are the main points and support in the body?
 * Where does the author restate the thesis and summarize the main points?