Tara Noonan

Language Arts

Language Arts 8

Choices and Grammar

9/11/2002 - 9/12/2002



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Email: TNoonan@ccs.k12.ia.us




Lesson/Assignment:
The Road Not Taken and The Choice

Resources:
Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes Silver Level

"The Road Not Taken" P.34
"The Choice" P. 37

Paraphrase and Speaker in a Poem P. 33

Common and Proper Nouns P. 20
Plural and Possessive Nouns P.30

Assignment:
Today the students and I will be working on the reading strategy paraphrasing. The students will paraphrase the poems "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and "The Choice" by Dorthy Parker. They will begin to draw connections between these two poems and their life choices. We will also discuss the literary term speaker in a poem.

The students will review what common, proper, plural, singular possessive, and plural possessive nouns are and write notes and definitions in their journals to prepare for the quiz on Friday.

Journal #3 is due today!
Assignment is to review your nouns to prepare for the quiz on Friday.

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