Class on 10/28/13

Warm Up: Students thought about three important or interesting events in their lives. They then wrote Three titles made to sound like movie titles to represent each. Students presented one or more for the whole class.

The instructor met individually with students and showed them a corrected homework paragraph from last week.

Students then were asked to write a paragraph about one event (or to describe the broadly the whole weekend).

Students turned the paragraph into the teacher. Students were then asked to prepare a short presentation for the whole class on the same topic that they chose to write about. The instructor gave feedback and recorded the one area that each student should focus on. Common strengths: students are more confident. They are standing still and talking clearly and loudly. Common areas that students should work on: focus on individuals in the audience (not just the instructor). Don't look to the ceiling when thinking. No hands in pockets. Important: the presenter should never apologize about their presentation. 


Pairs read from the reader pages 50 through 56

1. achieve
2. across
3. argument
4. believe
5. business
6. calendar
7. cemetery
8. conscious
9. definitely
10. disappear
11. embarrass
12. finally
13. friend
14. happened
15. immediately
16. interrupt
17. necessary
18. remember
19. successful
20. tomorrow
21. tongue
22. wherever

The list is pulled from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/common-misspellings

Homework: Choose 20 words from above and write a sentence for each one.