TuEsDaY June 14, 2011
#1 Team Name: Group 3
Group 3: Cheyenne G, Tram N, Lauren T, Michelle Q, Chemiah C, Ricci D
Part 4: Chapters 8-9
Reading skills: 4 primary modes of writing: Narrative mode, Descriptive mode, Expository mode, Persuasive Mode. Modes of Organization: Comparison-contrast, Examples, Chronological order, Classification or Division (categories), Steps in a process, Cause and Effect, and Listing.
Reading in part 4: Thank you Ma'm by Langston Hughes
Picture book: The Dragon Prince by Laurence Yep
General Goals: Teach the kids how to examine some modes of writing such as, Narrative and Descriptive Mode.
Vocab Words from Picture Book:
Barren: unproductive; unfruitful
Province: an administrative division or unit of a country.
Milky Way: the diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky that consists of millions of faint stars, nebulae, etc, within our Galaxy
Disguises: to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb
Elegant: tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.
Jade: either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc.
Embroidery: theart of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc., with a needle.
Quiz Question:
1) How much Kids did the Old farmer have?
a. 3
b. 7
c. 10
2) What did the serpent turn into?
a. A Fish
b. A Dragon
c. A Tiger
3) What did the dragon turn into?
a. A Snake
b. A Prince
c. A Frog
4) Who was Envious of Seven?
a. The old woman
b. The serpent
c. 3
Reading focus Questions:
Did you hear the Narrative Mode in the story?
Was there any Descriptive Writing within the book?
Explain the Descriptive Writing in the book.
Agenda For Tuesday June 14, 2011:
Get Picture book, markers, paper, note cards, name tag. Once materials are gathered then wait to meet partner. Introduce yourself to buddy and explain the lesson. After lesson is explained then read book. Read one page and let Buddy read the other then switch off. After book is finished then assemble materials and allow student to understand vocabulary words. Then reflect off the book and apply the lesson of the book. At last Clarify if there was any questions.
Group 3: Cheyenne G, Tram N, Lauren T, Michelle Q, Chemiah C, Ricci D
Part 4: Chapters 8-9
Reading skills: 4 primary modes of writing: Narrative mode, Descriptive mode, Expository mode, Persuasive Mode. Modes of Organization: Comparison-contrast, Examples, Chronological order, Classification or Division (categories), Steps in a process, Cause and Effect, and Listing.
Reading in part 4: Thank you Ma'm by Langston Hughes
Picture book: The Dragon Prince by Laurence Yep
General Goals: Teach the kids how to examine some modes of writing such as, Narrative and Descriptive Mode.
Vocab Words from Picture Book:
Barren: unproductive; unfruitful
Province: an administrative division or unit of a country.
Milky Way: the diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky that consists of millions of faint stars, nebulae, etc, within our Galaxy
Disguises: to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb
Elegant: tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.
Jade: either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc.
Embroidery: theart of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc., with a needle.
Quiz Question:
1) How much Kids did the Old farmer have?
a. 3
b. 7
c. 10
2) What did the serpent turn into?
a. A Fish
b. A Dragon
c. A Tiger
3) What did the dragon turn into?
a. A Snake
b. A Prince
c. A Frog
4) Who was Envious of Seven?
a. The old woman
b. The serpent
c. 3
Reading focus Questions:
Did you hear the Narrative Mode in the story?
Was there any Descriptive Writing within the book?
Explain the Descriptive Writing in the book.
Agenda For Tuesday June 14, 2011:
Get Picture book, markers, paper, note cards, name tag. Once materials are gathered then wait to meet partner. Introduce yourself to buddy and explain the lesson. After lesson is explained then read book. Read one page and let Buddy read the other then switch off. After book is finished then assemble materials and allow student to understand vocabulary words. Then reflect off the book and apply the lesson of the book. At last Clarify if there was any questions.
ThUrSdAy June 16, 2011
#2 Team Name: Group 3
Group 3: Cheyenne G, Tram N, Lauren T, Michelle Q, Chemiah C, Ricci D
Part 1: Introduction, Chapters 1-4
Reading skills: Finding out about ourselves, Topics, Main Ideas, Details, Determining the Author’s Purpose, Transition words, and Patterns of organization.
Readings in part 1: Crickets by Robert Olen Butter
Picture book: The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
General Goals: The General Idea to teach the students is to allow them to determine the main idea of the story and find the authors purpose.
Vocabulary Words from Picture Book:
Emperor: the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire: the emperors of Rome.
Palace: the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
Imperial: characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies.
Ao dai: a costume composed of a long tunic with side slits over wide trousers, worn by Vietnamese women as traditional dress.
Ba: Grandmother
Lotus: any aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo, of the water lily family, having shield like leaves and showy, solitary flowers usually projecting above the water.
Silk: any aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo, of the water lily family, having shield like leaves and showy, solitary flowers usually projecting above the water.
Quiz Questions:
1. Who saw the emperor cry?
a. The mom
b. The Brother
c. Grandmother
2. What is a Lotus seed?
a. A water lily
b. A vegetable
c. A Rose
3. Who was Ba?
a. Sister
b. Grandmother
c. The emperor
4. Who planted the seed?
a. The Narrator
b. The Husband
c. The Brother
Reading focus Questions:
What was the author’s purpose through out the book?
How has the author expressed their purpose?
What was the Main Idea in the book?
Does the main idea have impact on you?
Agenda:
Get Picture book, markers, paper, note cards, name tag. Once materials are gathered then wait to meet partner. Introduce yourself to buddy and explain the lesson. After lesson is explained then read book. Read one page and let Buddy read the other then switch off. After book is finished then assemble materials and allow student to understand vocabulary words. Then reflect off the book and apply the lesson of the book. At last Clarify if there was any questions.
Group 3: Cheyenne G, Tram N, Lauren T, Michelle Q, Chemiah C, Ricci D
Part 1: Introduction, Chapters 1-4
Reading skills: Finding out about ourselves, Topics, Main Ideas, Details, Determining the Author’s Purpose, Transition words, and Patterns of organization.
Readings in part 1: Crickets by Robert Olen Butter
Picture book: The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
General Goals: The General Idea to teach the students is to allow them to determine the main idea of the story and find the authors purpose.
Vocabulary Words from Picture Book:
Emperor: the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire: the emperors of Rome.
Palace: the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
Imperial: characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies.
Ao dai: a costume composed of a long tunic with side slits over wide trousers, worn by Vietnamese women as traditional dress.
Ba: Grandmother
Lotus: any aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo, of the water lily family, having shield like leaves and showy, solitary flowers usually projecting above the water.
Silk: any aquatic plant of the genus Nelumbo, of the water lily family, having shield like leaves and showy, solitary flowers usually projecting above the water.
Quiz Questions:
1. Who saw the emperor cry?
a. The mom
b. The Brother
c. Grandmother
2. What is a Lotus seed?
a. A water lily
b. A vegetable
c. A Rose
3. Who was Ba?
a. Sister
b. Grandmother
c. The emperor
4. Who planted the seed?
a. The Narrator
b. The Husband
c. The Brother
Reading focus Questions:
What was the author’s purpose through out the book?
How has the author expressed their purpose?
What was the Main Idea in the book?
Does the main idea have impact on you?
Agenda:
Get Picture book, markers, paper, note cards, name tag. Once materials are gathered then wait to meet partner. Introduce yourself to buddy and explain the lesson. After lesson is explained then read book. Read one page and let Buddy read the other then switch off. After book is finished then assemble materials and allow student to understand vocabulary words. Then reflect off the book and apply the lesson of the book. At last Clarify if there was any questions.
TuEsDaY June 21, 2011
#2 Team Name: Group 3
Group 3: Cheyenne G, Tram N, Lauren T, Michelle Q, Chemiah C, Ricci D
Part 3: Chapters 5-7
Reading skills: Inference, Figurative Language (the difference between literal and figurative comparisons, learn similes, metaphors, personification, extended metaphor, the use of symbolism in writing, literary allusions, and imagery.) Tone (recognize an authors tone, familiar with ironic devices, and satirical devices)
Readings in Part 3: The Love of My Life by Ann Landers
Picture book: No Dinner: The story of the old woman and the pumpkin by Jessica Souhami
General Goals: The general Goal of this story is to teach the tone in the book and explain and apply figurative language.
Vocabulary Words from Picture Book:
Pumpkin: A round large fruit with a thick orange-skinned rind, dry flesh, and many seed, cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or in sweet dishes.
Skinny: thin, especially in an unappealing or unhealthy way
Food: Material that provides living things with the nutrients they need for energy and growth
Forest: A large area of land covered in trees and other plants growing close together, or the trees growing on it
Dinner: the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening or sometimes in the early afternoon
Frail: in a physically weakened state and vulnerable to injury
Quiz Questions
1) In what order did the Old woman meet the hungry animals?
a. Bear, Wolf, Tiger
b. Wolf, Bear, Tiger
c. Tiger, Bear, wolf
2) What helped the Old woman make her way home?
a. Taking a Short cut home
b. Dressing up as another person
c. Hiding in a Larger Pumpkin
3) Where was the Old woman going?
a. She was going to her granddaughters house to eat
b. The old woman was going to see her husbands grave
c. She wanted to go to town
Reading focus Questions:
How was the tone expressed in this passage?
Does this book seem to have figurative language?
Agenda:
Get Picture book, markers, paper, note cards, name tag. Once materials are gathered then wait to meet partner. Introduce yourself to buddy and explain the lesson. After lesson is explained then read book. Read one page and let Buddy read the other then switch off. After book is finished then assemble materials and allow student to understand vocabulary words. Then reflect off the book and apply the lesson of the book. At last Clarify if there was any questions.
Group 3: Cheyenne G, Tram N, Lauren T, Michelle Q, Chemiah C, Ricci D
Part 3: Chapters 5-7
Reading skills: Inference, Figurative Language (the difference between literal and figurative comparisons, learn similes, metaphors, personification, extended metaphor, the use of symbolism in writing, literary allusions, and imagery.) Tone (recognize an authors tone, familiar with ironic devices, and satirical devices)
Readings in Part 3: The Love of My Life by Ann Landers
Picture book: No Dinner: The story of the old woman and the pumpkin by Jessica Souhami
General Goals: The general Goal of this story is to teach the tone in the book and explain and apply figurative language.
Vocabulary Words from Picture Book:
Pumpkin: A round large fruit with a thick orange-skinned rind, dry flesh, and many seed, cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or in sweet dishes.
Skinny: thin, especially in an unappealing or unhealthy way
Food: Material that provides living things with the nutrients they need for energy and growth
Forest: A large area of land covered in trees and other plants growing close together, or the trees growing on it
Dinner: the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening or sometimes in the early afternoon
Frail: in a physically weakened state and vulnerable to injury
Quiz Questions
1) In what order did the Old woman meet the hungry animals?
a. Bear, Wolf, Tiger
b. Wolf, Bear, Tiger
c. Tiger, Bear, wolf
2) What helped the Old woman make her way home?
a. Taking a Short cut home
b. Dressing up as another person
c. Hiding in a Larger Pumpkin
3) Where was the Old woman going?
a. She was going to her granddaughters house to eat
b. The old woman was going to see her husbands grave
c. She wanted to go to town
Reading focus Questions:
How was the tone expressed in this passage?
Does this book seem to have figurative language?
Agenda:
Get Picture book, markers, paper, note cards, name tag. Once materials are gathered then wait to meet partner. Introduce yourself to buddy and explain the lesson. After lesson is explained then read book. Read one page and let Buddy read the other then switch off. After book is finished then assemble materials and allow student to understand vocabulary words. Then reflect off the book and apply the lesson of the book. At last Clarify if there was any questions.
ThUrSdAy June 23, 2011
