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Warm-Up: Today's warm up was an overhead about the early egyptions. This overhead helped most students to have an implied idea and to make generalizations. VERY INTERESTING PASSAGE!

Materials:
A. "Research Paper Checklist"
B. Note cards
C. Bibliography cards
D. Chapter Book
E. Pencil
F. Reading Log

Activity 1: Mrs. Abrams went over the STUDENT RESEARCH PAPERS on her new smart board. She went over the all the paragraphs in the research paper.
Remember:
A. Headings for the middle paragraphs
B. Questions are answerd in the last paragraph
C. No preposition in the thesis statement
D. Make sure words are used appropriatly
E. First sentence of the concluding paragraph must restate the thesis statement
F. Thesis statement must be written in the beggining paragraph too
G. Use all key words, atleast 4 differnt middle paragraphs

Activity 2: Students were then given a "research paper checklist." This checklist should help most students to make sure their paper contained enough informative and interesting information. Don't lose this checklist, as it will be taken for a grade.

Activity 3: Students were to read for 30 minutes in class. They were to make sure they paid attention to the theme of their book, and write it down on a piece of notebook paper.

Homework:
A. Finish the following sections of your checklist for homework: Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, and finnaly, Sentence Fluency.
B. As always read for 30 minutes in a chapter book of your choice, and fill an entry in your reading log.

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