Friday, March 7, 2014

Lesson Objectives:

I can…

• discuss the Article of the Week
• generate and share brushstrokes
• discuss Drama of the Week

PARKING LOT:  WHO'S HELPING?

Opening:

1. Create small groups and discuss the Article of the Week.

Work Period:

2. "Adjectives Out-of-Order" Work:

Share your sentence strip - what makes it interesting and vivid?

• Dog Sentence
• Hammock Sentence
• Narrative Revision Sentence

3. Put it all together...

• take a notecard
• find an image in the room
• create a brushstroke filled piece of action...don't limit yourself to one sentence.

USE ACTIVE, VIVID VERBS

4. Share them aloud, then post them up next to the image.

Closing:

5. Hand out Drama of the Week (make-up a low Article of the Week grade from the 3rd 9 Weeks)

6. Reminder: Annotated Bibliography and 24 Entries due ONE WEEK after you come back. (3/24)

7. Extra Credit Opportunities for Break:

• Independent Reading (make-up grade)
• Article of the Week (make-up grade)
• Rewrite an essay from the Simulation (make-up one of the co-creation grades from February)
• Narrative
• Expository