Monday,+October+24,+2011

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

 * 1) Summarize paragraphs within a text
 * 2) Understand a challenging text
 * 3) Write about a challenging text
 * ==== __MATERIALS__: ====
 * ==== Planner ====
 * ==== Journal ====
 * ==== Pen/pencil ==== ||

** IMPORTANT WEEKLY DATES (copy into Planner): ** none

 * __AGENDA__**
 * 1. Achieve 3000 - "Should Ronald McDonald Stay or Go?"**
 * **Grading (35 points)**
 * 1) __Read Article (10 points)__
 * Write 4 paragraph summaries
 * Choose from the 5 Types of Summary Sentences
 * 1) __Activity (10 points)__
 * Multiple Choice questions
 * Must score 65% or higher on first try to get full 10 points
 * Must score 65% or higher on second try to get 7 points
 * Anything below 65% on second try is 5 points
 * 1) __Thought Question (10 points)__
 * Write in 1st person point of view (use words like I, me, my, etc.)
 * //First sentence//: Description (Background information)
 * //Second sentence//: Compare/Contrast (topic sentence)
 * //Third sentence//: Cause/Effect for X (X believes......because......__)__
 * //Fourth sentence//: Cause/Effect for Y (Y believes......because......)
 * //Fifth sentence//: Cause/Effect (I agree with ...X/Y...because....)
 * 1) __Poll (5 points)__ ||