S. the C. -- agenda/rationale/HW
Review Activity -- Vocabulary Unit #7 (Online/Paper Wads)
--go through online review game (reminding students that the site even exists!), writing answers on index card
--a little dodgeball......you'll see! (definitions, sentences)
Transition -- form a circle
Review Activity -- Character Web
--put posters in groups on the floor in the middle of the desk circle based on obvious relationships (e.g., Edmond Dantes with Louis Dantes)--adhere to floor with masking tape
--remind students of goal of the activity (make connections between characters, discuss character motive [where applicable], practice using the text for support, and discuss plot, theme, etc. [where appropriate])
--partner work time (cont.)--brainstorm potential connections, and find pages in text in order to share direct quotations as support (Post-It pages)
--draw a card--one partner makes a connection with text support while the other strings the web--MR. MARTIN WILL ALWAYS STAY ONE CARD AHEAD, AS THE NEXT PARTNERSHIP'S CONNECTION IS CONTINGENT UPON WHERE THE YARN ENDS UP
--move in this manner until we complete the circle--is this even possible?!?!
Transition
--Take a picture, and then clean up the [meaningful] mess!
Discussion -- “Death, Resurrection, and Fall in Dumas’ Comte de Monte-Cristo”/End of Novel
--re-read--divvy up paragraphs
--go through article paragraph-by-paragraph
--Etc.
--Etc.
HW
--prepare for vocabulary quiz (next class)
--the assessment for The Count of Monte Cristo is on the horizon--continue preparing--how?!
