MR. SALSICH’S LESSON PLAN
Class: 9th grade
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008

SET TIMER! ... lost and found .. get DAILY CLASS NOTES ready ...  Receive any due assignment:
Graphic organizers … Refreshments and casual quiet reading (7) ... An apology for a teacher's mistake ... Laugh of the Day (LOD) (1) …. Emily Dickinson poem (2) … CHANGE IN ESSAY ASSIGNMENT (2) ... Reminder about job assignments (1) … Look at Forum and student blogs: JOBS WELL DONE! (7) 

Lesson for the Day (24) : JOURNALS BY DEDICATED, MATURE READERS 
...  something strange (to get you interested): MARY MOPPE 
…  objective of the lesson: TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE REALLY GOOD READERS 
… reason for the lesson: BECAUSE KIDS FORGET HOW SMART THEY ARE
… connection to earlier lessons: THE SRJs ARE DIGNIFIED PIECES OF HIGH SCHOOL WORK!
… direct instruction: EXAMINE SRJs and DISCUSS THE STORY
… closure …

ASSIGNMENT (note the change!) (1) … Mr. Salsich’s model paragraph (3)

Thanks to one and all! YOU ARE GOOD (you are good!)