Purpose for the Week
· How can I set myself up to be successful in my humanities class this year?
· Reviewing the writing process, revising and publishing a business letter.
· Using technical documents and mentor texts successfully.

Quick Questions September 14, 2009
1. What is one classroom procedure that will help you to be more successful in humanities?
2. Capitalize the following sentence correctly:
3. How can a well written topic sentence help you write a strong paragraph

Mini-Lesson
Set up classroom binders.
Use mentor text, paragraph #3 to determine the power of a strong topic sentence:
Teaching points:
· Identify topic sentences
· Note that they introduce the subject of the paragraph
· Keep them general
· All of the information in that paragraph should only be about the subject of the topic sentence.

Independent Practice
Revise paragraph #3 of your cover letters, using your notes and the mentor texts.
Root Words
Pre-tests on root words-used to determine which words to teach this year.
Homework
Start Book Log #2
Cornell notes: capitalization