1. Welcome to ELL, 3/15/12 Warm Up: – Pick up ELL notebook – NO book club folder – Answer the following question in your ELL notebook: 1)What are you doing this weekend? 2)What are you going to be when you grow up? 3)Do you have any siblings? Describe their personalities

2. I can statement/agenda Today, 3/15, I can… Know: Recognize which conjugation of “to be” should be used in a sentence. Do: Use “to be” in different verb tenses. Agenda 1. warm up/share: 10 minutes 2. “To Be” lesson: 5 minutes 3. “To Be” game: 15 minutes 4. “To Be” worksheet: 15 minutes

3. Welcome to Social Studies, 3/15/12 Materials Managers: social studies notebook Warm Up: 1.Turn and talk- How do you define democracy? How do you define voting?

4. I can statement/agenda Today, 3/15, I can… Know: Identify who has the right to vote in the United States Do: practice annotating and re-reading excerpts from the Constitution. Agenda – Warm up: 5 minutes – Democracy and Voting film clips/notes: 15 minutes – Constitution reading/HW check: 20 minutes – Closing: 5 minutes

5. Democracy http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhi story/democracy/ What is democracy and how is it related to voting or elections? What is a direct democracy? A representative democracy?

6. Voting http://www.brainpop.com/so cialstudies/usgovernmenta ndlaw/voting/ What is voting? What are the requirements a person has to meet in order to vote (hint: there are 4)?

7. Reading Your Task – Complete the handout with the purpose of answering the following question: What does the Constitution of the United States say about citizenship and voting?

8. Closing What are the requirements a person must meet in order to vote?

9. Language Arts 3/5/12 Materials Manager: Return SS notebooks, pick up writers & readers notebooks Warm-up: – Pick up book club book – Open your notebook to Searching for Theme – Review your answer to question #18 in your writers. Underline key words or phrases that show you theme – Get out reading/writing for HW check – Tape/glue the blue “organization” handout into your writers

10. I can statement/agenda Today, 3/15, I can… Know: Organize theme into sub topics. Do: categorize theme in order to create body paragraphs for my literary essay. Agenda: – Warm up: 5 minutes – Organization lesson: 10 minutes – Set up outline: 5 minutes – Work with group on outline: 20 minutes – Clean up/ninja: 5 minutes

11. Organization Our theme covers an entire book Our essay needs to break down the theme into smaller examples that personify the theme Example: If my theme is “violence is destructive”, I can use three sub topics – Types of violence in the book – Different characters relationship to violence – Different ways violence is destructive in the book

12. Your task Work with your group to identify three sub topics of your theme Draft an outline of the literary analysis Assign group members to different sub topics Resources to use: Book club book and quick notes Your theme analysis: “Searching for theme”