Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Day 7

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 7 Wednesday

  1. The Least 2-4
    1. Proofreading pg 12
  2. Second set of commonly confused words
    1. Exercise 1
    2. Homework: Exercises 2-4 (pages 17-19)
  3. H/O on Ideas/Content and Organization
  4. Favorite Object essay from second half of chapter.
    1. Ideas/Content
    2. Organization
  5. Consider:
    1. 2-4 characters
    2. 1-2 locations
    3. 1 minute to 24 hours.
  6. 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
  7. Narrative Map
  8. Beginnings
  9. Endings


     

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

    For objects: This (object) is valuable to me because_____________.

    For animals: That (animal) taught me an important lesson:________.