Week+Five

Day One:

1. Review Vocabulary Quiz from last week and make corrections (in pairs). 2. Have students write a paragraph using words again 3. Go over Simple/Progressive handout 4. Look at Perfect Tenses - add to Tense List in binder good website: http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1B.html

5. Go over vocabulary from the weekend. Get words on the board and have students use them in sentences.
 * Remind the students of new annotating standards discussed last week

Hw:/ Read and Annotate "The Most Dangerous Game" (pages 1-5) & come in with three questions

Day Two:

1. Review Simple, Progressive, & Perfect tenses 2. Have students use each multiple time in their writing. 3. Review Coordinating and Subordinate Conjunctions - focus on the correct use of each - might be a good time to talk about run-on sentences and comma splices 4. Begin Plot Diagram for "The Most Dangerous Game" - focus on exposition (characters, setting, necessary background, etc.) 5. Have the students write for ten minutes to make predictions based on what they read from pages 1-5
 * remind students of new annotating standards discussed last week

Hw:/ Read and annotate pgs. 6-10