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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Materials:
Writing and Grammar (WAG)
Parts of Speech for Podcasts
handout

Warm Up:
List the 8 parts of speech.

Activity 1:
Using the flipchart review the 8 parts of speech.

Activity 2:
One student in each work group will draw 1 part of speech from the box. That work group will be responsible for developing a 1-2 podcast that will explain to the viewer all of the information a writer will need to know about that specific part of speech.

Activity 3:
Each work group will begin researching and brainstorming about their Parts of Speech for Podcasts. Students may begin the completion of the storyboard for their part of speech.

Homework:
Reading-Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes and complete an entry on their reading log. Students should be reading a nonfiction book presently or about to start one.
Write to Learn-Students should complete the following sentence starter:
When I work in a group, I tend to…

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