1. Welcome to ESL, 1/5/11 Warm Up: – Pick up your ESL notebook – Turn and talk: Which kind of note taking format should you use for this passage: “Titanic was the largest ship in the world- as long as four city blocks. Many people called it the “wonder ship”. It was like a floating palace, with a swimming pool, carved wood and fancy gold lights. It also had many rich and famous passengers.”

2. I can statement/agenda Today, 1/5, I can… Know: Differentiate (tell the difference) when to use sequence note taking and boxes and bullets. Do: Use text and film to determine which note taking format is most fitting. Agenda: 1.Warm up (5 minutes) 2.Review difference between boxes and bullets/sequence note taking (10 minutes) 3.Practice using writing (10 minutes) 4.Practice using film (20 minutes)

3. When do I use boxes and bullets/sequence note taking? Boxes and Bullets: – Main idea and details – Use for most texts – Not a historical event Sequence Notes: – A historical event/ something that happens in order – Time words: Dates After Finally First Next Soon

4. Welcome to Study Hall 7 th grade sit by computers 8 th grade sit by door Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly/Activity Day- Wednesday, January11, 2012 Study Hall:7:50-8:30 Attendance and Reviewing Eckstein Expectations/Survey Data Period 1:8:35-9:40 Lesson 1 Assembly #1 8:35-9:05 Assembly #2 9:10-9:40 Study Hall:9:45-11:15 Lunch:First Lunch9:45-10:15 Second Lunch 10:15-10:45 Third Lunch10:45-11:15 Activity Period11:20-12:20 Session 1:11:20-11:50 Session 2:11:55-12:20 Must have ticket, must have A, B or C, all others are in mandatory study hall

5. Welcome to Language Arts! (NO SS today) Thursday, January 5 Materials Managers: Readers and Writers Notebooks Warm-up: – Get out silent reading book – Get out 4 quick notes from your HW 1 claim quick note 3 evidence quick notes

6. I can statement/agenda Today, 1/5, I can… Know: Begin to apply what I know about SHORT claim paragraphs to writing long about character. Do: Use my quick notes to write a claim paragraph with evidence. Agenda: 1.Warm up (5 minutes) 2.Review class meeting changes/ reading changes (15 minutes) 3.Introduce claim paragraph about character (10 minutes) 4.Reading/writing through both periods (40 minutes) 5.Clean up (5 minutes)

7. Class Meeting Debrief Lots of changes! 225 minutes of Weekly reading New reading logs New warning system for side talking

8. Reading to Write: Your Task Step 1: Use at least 3 quick notes to find evidence to support your claim. Step 2: Use this evidence to help you write a LONG claim paragraph that includes: – A claim about your character – At least 3 pieces of evidence – At least 3 explanations explaining WHY the evidence supports your claim. – A conclusion sentence or two. – have a strong argument where everything ties back to the claim – Tip: Don’t use “I” in your paragraph

9. Who needs to do what? I did the 25 page writing challenge: – Write 1 claim paragraph for a book you’ve read or are reading right now – Write in Writers notebook I did the 5 book reading challenge: – Write 5 entries in your readers notebook – 1 entry MUST be claim paragraph – Write claim in READERS