Thursday, November 3, Day 39

TODAY'S LESSON AND HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

TERMS QUIZ!!

BOOK FAIR!

The Song of the Week

MAKE ENGLISH CLASS COZY AND WARM. BRING A MUG AND HOT CHOCOLATE!

Homework assignment:
Thoroughly polish Essay 4 on Google Docs. I will begin grading the essays tomorrow morning. Be sure to review the assignment, making sure that you have included all the requirements. Don't forget to include a careful self-assessment at the bottom of the essay. Label it "Self-Assessment". MAKE THIS YOUR BEST ESSAY OF THE YEAR, A SOLID 'A'.


Today's Lesson Topic and Objectives:
TOPICS
  1. excellent partner comments
  2. participles
OBJECTIVES
  1. students will gain a good appreciation of the excellence of their classmates comments on essay drafts
  2. students will learn what a participle is, how to use it, and how it is used by Charles Dickens.

Connection to prior learning:
Have you learned about participles in earlier grades?


Steps to reaching the objective(s):
  1. QUIZ
  2. Look at some student comments on essay first drafts.
  3. Discuss the definition and use of participles

Exit ticket: