Wednesday,+December+7,+2011

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**Learning Objectives (copy into journal):**

 * 1) Identify unique features of a text
 * 2) Identify claims and evidence
 * 3) Write summary sentences
 * ==== __MATERIALS__: ====
 * ==== Planner ====
 * ==== Journal ====
 * ====American Dream text====
 * ====Scan for Vocabulary chart====
 * ==== Pencil ==== ||

** IMPORTANT WEEKLY DATES (copy into Planner): ** Planner Check FRIDAY

 * 1. Read "Wealth, Well-being, and the New American Dream"**
 * Making Predictions
 * Copy Previewing/Predictions Concept Map
 * //Question 2://
 * Predict
 * Topic
 * Ideas
 * Genre
 * Purpose
 * 1st Prediction:
 * I think this article will be about _(topic and ideas)_. The genre might be __(genre)__, so the purpose would be __(purpose)__.
 * //Question 3://
 * New Information I learned from the first paragraph is...
 * New information I learned from the last paragraph is...
 * After reading the first and last paragraphs, my first prediction __(may/may not)__ be accurate.
 * //Question 4//
 * Two facts I learned about the author are...
 * After reading about the author, I __(agree/disagree) with my first prediction because...
 * Copy Summary Sentences Chart
 * Copy Unique Features of a text Chart
 * Guided Reading PPT - Marking the Text
 * Number paragraphs
 * Circle Key terms (words that repeat, words that relate to the topic)
 * Unique Features of a text chart (rhetorical questions, italics)
 * Summary Sentences chart
 * Underline subclaim 1 and bracket evidence 1
 * Unique Features of a text chart (rhetorical questions, italics)
 * Summary Sentences chart
 * Underline subclaim 2 and bracket evidence 2