Jump Off
--place your finalized essay in the black basket on the front table
--clear your desks of all but a clean sheet of lined paper (loose leaf or notebook) and a pen--date the page (9/22)
S. the C. #1 -- agenda/HW, go over the quick-write philosophy
Quick-Write -- Being Unlucky
--write non-stop for 8 minutes as per the prompt (TOMatS-derived)
S. the C. #2 -- look through HW--what should we go over?, go over some of the HW, assessment directions (1. #1-8 at the bottom of your quick-write; 2. List the parts of speech as per the list on the front board; 3. Go through your quick-write and find each of the parts of speech--highlight and write on line; 4. If you are missing one of the parts of speech in your quick-write, revise!)
Assessment -- Parts of Speech
--complete the assessment as per directions
--when finished, begin the next section of reading from TOMatS until all in class are finished
Transition -- assessments in/packet up (place facedown on desk)
Instruction -- The Simple Sentence
--look again at the eight parts of speech--how are they used to build sentences? (arrive at "general rule" of "musts")
--discuss exceptions to the rule (e.g., clauses with WUBA/IS words)
--Transition -- packet up
--read, practice, go over until packet is finished
Transition -- prepare for discussion by looking through Post-Its, form a circle
Discussion -- TOMatS up to pg. 25
--review discussion protocol
--engage in discussion as per protocol:
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
Transition -- re-row desks
Closure -- "Today, I learned..." (must use and highlight an adjective, a conjunction, and an interjection)
HW
--read up to pg. 72 of TOMatS--continue with Post-Its for discussion:
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
**Stoicism
