Notes from Lesson 1- Feb. 7

Februrary 7, 2008
Excellence in Writing- Lesson 1

Objectives:
1. For children to develop the ability to choose and record key words, which will help them remember a complete idea, and to use a basic outline format.
2. For children to learn to communicate the main ideas from something they have read by using their own Key Word Outlines.
3. For children to be able to choose selections, read them, create key word outlines independently, and verbally retell the basic ideas to another person using only the outline.

Assignments:

2. Make an outline for the following story.

Honeybees
Honeybees live in hives. The inside of an old tree is a good spot for one. Bees build hives out of wax. The wax comes from their bodies. They shape it into small tubes called cells. Thousands of bees live in one hive. The bees work together like a big team. The team has one leader. She is the queen bee.

3. Make at least two more outlines during the next two weeks of a story you have read in school. Narratives are the easiest to start with. (if you need some suggestions, just email me)
4. Retell all three stories to someone using only your outline.
5. Take one of the outlines and rewrite it in your own words.
6. Three new words for big and three new words for small.