The students will begin the day with 30 minutes of newspaper reading. They will be instructed to look for an article that they find interesting, for they will create a scrapbook on that topic.
Dictionary
Students will be given a dictionary and explained how it works. They then will be given page 5 - 8 of Empowering the Learner 2, and as a class we will read the article and do the activities that follow. After we will then play a game where the class will be divided into 2 or 3 teams, and the students will be numbered. The teacher will write a word on the board and call out the number, and the first student to find the word, their team will get a point. Part 2 of the game is, the instructor will write 3 words on the overhead (turned off), and then turn it on, and the student who's number is called has to write the words in alphabetical order and hold them up in the air.
Paragraph Writing
Students will be given a picture for them to write a paragraph as a group. The first student will write a topic sentence, and then pass the picture on to the next student. The next 4 students will write a supporting sentence for the picture. The last student will write the concluding sentence.
Journal
Students will reread the lesson 1 story, "Teachings of the Medicine Wheel", and discuss the concept of a cyclic way of thinking and a linear way of thinking. Discussion will take place on how our point of view and upbringing and culture shapes our perspective. They will then be given the question "Think of somethings that you believe to be cyclic (in a circle), and some things that are linear (in a line). Are they truly that way, or is it just the way we look at them?"
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