Class on 9/30/13

Warm Up:
How did you feel yesterday?
Students built a list of nouns and verbs for both emotions and physical well being
Students wrote 3 sentences about themselves and practiced one in front of the whole class.

Practice Quiz (10 past tense verbs)

Returned Paragraphs
Students corrected their previous work. The instructor reinforced the rules of good paragraphs and placed emphasis on using specifics
Students practiced writing using specifics but using the following opening phrases:
Once I ...
I used to ...

Using Students Last Homework to talk about their employable qualities:
Students read their homework with a partner. Partners pretended they were an employer and asked, "Tell me about yourself."
Whole class shared their sentences and placed in a simple table: Did the sentence represent a
skill or a personality trait?

Students in whole class previewed the reading on pages 21 to 23.

Homework:
1. Write a paragraph for a potential employer. Use the following sentence to start your paragraph:
         "I have strong qualities that make me a great employee."
2. Define 5 to 10 words from the reader pages 21 through 23