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Strategic Writer AFGH. Demos/Stein 2011-2012. Drill 3 9/6(AFH) 9/7 (G). Take out binder, paper, dividers Homework: Read for at least ten minutes. Objective: TSWBAT organize binders in order to find materials as needed for assignments, class activities, and review.
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Strategic WriterAFGH Demos/Stein 2011-2012
Drill 3 9/6(AFH) 9/7 (G) • Take out binder, paper, dividers • Homework: Read for at least ten minutes. • Objective: TSWBAT organize binders in order to find materials as needed for assignments, class activities, and review. • Drill: Category Yellow (talk about the assignment). Answer in complete sentences. • Based on the opening week lesson, what does it mean to be accountable for your learning? • Include examples of being accountable.
Setting up your English binder As long as you are working, Category Green • Make sure your first and last name and block can be seen. • Label dividers: Drills, Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writer’s Workshop • Put dividers in notebook. • Put paper in each section. • Grade Sheet • Partner Clock
Letter to yourself Category Red—Independent Work For the rest of class you will think about your goal and where you are. You will write a letter to yourself about 8th grade. • What do you see as happening? • What do you like to do? • Who are your friends? • What will you accomplish this year?
Drill 4 9/7 (AH) 9/8(FG) • Homework: Identify the parts of speech in the homework sentence. • Objective: TSWBAT identify parts of speech in sentences in order to understand how words function in sentences. • Drill: Category Yellow Identify the part of speech for each word in the following sentence. • Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing--with wave lengths, just as sound and light have. (Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game)
Drill 4 Answer • Sometimes (adverb) I (pronoun) think (verb) evil (noun) is (verb) a (article) tangible (adjective) thing (noun)—with (preposition) wave (adjective) lengths (noun), just (adjective) as (adverb) sound (noun) and (conjunction) light (noun) have (verb). (Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game)
Drill 5 9/8 (H) 9/9 (AFG) • Take out homework sentence. • Homework: Write five sentences. Each sentence will have one of the five phrases we reviewed. Underline and label the phrase. • Objective: TSWBAT recognize phrases in order to compose more detailed sentences. • Drill:Category Yellow Identify the underlined phrase and write a sentence that imitates the sentence. • Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier. • (Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game)