10-30-08

Vicki:

Cleophus:

=Anthony:=

=__Learning Objectives__ (students always copy this in their planner at the beginning of the period while I take roll)=
 * Learn to pronounce English letters.
 * Learn to define and identify the elements of personal narratives (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
 * Use graphic organizers to keep track of identified elements of personal narratives.

=__Agenda__=

Instead of using the videos, today these students will use letter cards to practice the sounds of English letters. Then students will a Word Work packet from High Point that I got from Kipp (Cleophus, I put my extras--about 80 copies--in your box if you'd like to use them with your lower level group--or even as a warm up for your other students).
 * Asel, Narmeen, Adnan, and Dived:**

Students read the sample personal narrative (pictured below).
 * Class work:**
 * Students have already scanned for vocabulary and defined the new words. Today students will work in groups to complete the graphic organizers described below.
 * As you read, keep track of the Events and the Sensory Details in a graphic organizer (in your notebook). __(Here students will be making a simple chart that we started practicing last Friday. They will make a column for Events and a column for Sensory Details. For the Sensory Details column they will identify the sense and how the sense is being described. For example: "Sound: I heard the ball whizzing through the air.").__
 * After you read, create a Beginning, Middle, and End graphic organizer. __(Here students will practice identifying the structural elements of personal narratives. In the Beginning of the story students will be able to identify a thought or feeling before experiencing an event. In the Middle students will be able to identify the event(s) as well as the narrator's thoughts and feelings as he/she experiences the event(s). At the End students will identify how the character's thoughts/beliefs/feelings changed after his/her experience.)__