Postcards and Topic Sentences

Review: What makes a complete sentence, parts of a sentence, basic punctuation and subject/verb agreement

Grammar: 

1. Adjectives: Identify, game
2. Articles (the, a, an)

Writing: Students will be taught to write topic sentences , supporting sentences , and an introductory or summary paragraph that contains an introduction , supporting details , and a conclusion. 学生将学习如何写主题句、支持句，以及文章中的段落（包含介绍主题、支援主题的细节及结论） 。

1. Topic Sentences: Main Idea (More exercises, activity). Summarizes the main point of a paragraph and tells the reader the main idea.

Exercise: Look at the picture and write a topic sentence.

Writing Problems:  TOPIC + MAIN POINT

WRONG: I will tell you about fast food.

RIGHT: Fast food is bad for your health.

Topic/Subject	Television's effects on children
Topic sentences:	Ex 1. Television hurts children because it teaches them violence.
	Ex 2. Television can improve a child's knowledge.

Write a topic sentence for each subject.

1. Smoking cigarettes
2. Foreign travel
3. Space exploration
4. Rock music (or rock musicians)
5. Studying a foreign language  

2. Theme vs. Main Idea

3. Supporting Sentences (signal words, video, practice, 2, 3, )

Writing a Postcard 明信片:

Standard postcards have five simple parts.

1. The greeting 問候；招呼；迎接
2. A sentence about WHERE you are
3. One or two sentences about WHAT you are doing or have done
4. A closing 結束的，結尾的，收結的
5. A signature 簽名

When students follow this formula, their postcard will look like the following.

Dear _____, 
I am in _________. We are having a great time. Yesterday we __________. Monday we ___________. Wish you were here. 
Love, _________

A Class:

Reading Comprehension: Class Field Trip

Reading Skills:

1. Classifying
2. Analogies
3. Following Directions (Recipes)
4. Recalling Details

B Class:

Reading Comprehension:

A. Sojourner Truth 索傑納·特魯思

Vocabulary: slavery, owner, separate, slave, remain

Video: Women on US $

B. Spiders

Vocabulary: creepy, eight-legged, creature, sticky, strand, lab, cable, bridge

C. Venus 金星 (維納斯)

Vocabulary: twin, degrees, surface, atmosphere, through, trap (v.)

D. Dogs

Vocabulary: wild, ancestors, wolf, pack (of animals), behave (v.)

[-F to -V in the plural click here for list:]