Wednesday, April 08, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 7 Wednesday

  1. H/O on Ideas/Content and Organization
  2. ITMFWG Animals Favorites
  3. Generating Ideas
    1. Listing
      1. Animals/Objects
        1. Pets list already done
        2. Wild, Zoo, Farm, Fair, Friends, Relatives
        3. Souvenirs
    2. Freewriting
      1. Animals/Objects
        1. Pick one from the list and go for 10 minutes
    3. Questioning
      1. Five W's + How
        1. Animals
        2. Objects
    4. Discussion
      1. At your tables
    5. Clustering/Mapping
      1. Story map?
    6. Five Senses if there's time.
    7. 4 Questions to ask of your topic
      1. Does it interest me?
      2. Can I say something about it?
      3. Is it specific?
      4. AND—
        1. What is the main point?

Homework:

Plus: A theme sentence for an animal essay and a theme statement for an object essay—what is the moral of the story?