Thursday, March 5, 2015

Class on 3/6/15

Warm Up: Write sentences to describe one of your childhood friends. Use present tense and be Dramatic! Pretend they are a character in a novel. Work with a partner and describe/read your account to them. Partners will take notes and report out.

Chapter Four Quiz:

 Expand or Edit the Adjective list for Miguel (Pairs and Whole Class Activity)

In small groups students brainstormed appropriate adjectives to describe the main character Miguel. Then volunteers wrote samples on the white board. 
  1. Friendly
  2. strategic
  3. careful
  4. respectful
  5. sympathetic
  6. clever
  7. mature
  8. young
  9. confused
  10. hopeful
  11. confident (will be successful)
  12. dreamer
  13. headlong/ hasty
  14. caring
  15. smart
  16. authentic
Workbook Exercises pages 30 and 31 (Pairs and Whole Class Activity)

Homework: type your weekend paragraph on a computer and print a paper copy. Use the Library or Learning Center if you need to. Read Chapter 5. 

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