Week+of+April+13,+2009+(advanced+group)

= = =Monday, April 13, 2009=

Introduce first 3 words from __Patchwork Quilt__ Text Talk
Page 86 students will talk about the following words: anxious, masterpiece, nurturing

Introduce the __My Weird School Series__
Read Chapter 1 to Students and do the following activity:

Taken from: http://www.dangutman.com/pages/myweirdschoolstudyguide.html Kids should not have to go to school, says A.J. In fact, he believes children can learn all they need to know by watching television. Do your students think children should have to go to school? Discuss the issue as a class. Have students write you a letter presenting their case for or against school. Survey the class before they start writing to see where they stand. Read letters aloud the following day. Did any of the letters present arguments that made students change their opinion? What made them reconsider their position?
 * School Rules?**

=Tuesday, April 14, 2009=

Text Talk
Page 87 students will continue to talk about the following words: anxious, masterpiece, nurturing Do the "Develop Vocabulary" pages

Continue with the __My Weird School Series__
Read Chapter 2 to Students. Copy Chapter 3 and have students read on their own. Give students comic book paper to illustrate in comic book form what happened in Chapter 3.