Lessons

Weekly lessons for 4th Quarter.....

Day 1 (March 28th)

Pretest Have the students read the introduction and first myth of "[|2012: Six End-of-the-World Myths Debunked]"

__Answer Key:__ Determining Importance: 1. The Mayan calendar will not end in 2012. 2. At the end of 2012, the calendar will be renewed. 3. Even though people are scared, doomsday can be explained.

Making connections
 * Give a connection that you can make with this article to either a movie, book or article.
 * Give a connection that you can make with this text to yourself.
 * Give a connection that you can make with this text to something going on around the world.

Determining importance
 * Select the top three most important ideas for this article and rank them in order of importance (1st being the most important message)

Summary
 * Write a summary of the article in 20 words or less.

Make journals Go over expectations (writing / quick write) Reminder to bring free reading book every day (consequence....loose recess) --No filling out book reports during this time Expectations for seminar (schedule -- layout -- goals/standards) Share the rubrics (printed out copies are needed)

Day 2 (March 29th)- Day 10 (April 8th) See individual teacher pages....