Monday, December 17, 2012

English 9--12/19/2012

Jump Off
--If you have not already done so, spend the first few minutes of class highlighting all of the changes that you made on the rewritten version of your paragraph response.  Once you have finished highlighting, submit your work (both your rewritten paragraph and your test booklet) by placing both in the black basket on the front table.  Reminder: Your score for this re-write will be averaged with your exam score and included within the Writing section of your Quarter 2 average.
--Pick up an index card from the front table.  On the index card, define as many of the specific plot element terms as you can from memory (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Denouement/Resolution).  Then, on the same index card, brainstorm as many specific conflicts as you can think of (e.g., person vs. society).

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--share out as per the J.O./set our purpose for reading of "The Lady or the Tiger?"

Transition -- pick up a copy of "The Lady or the Tiger?" from the front table

Purposeful Reading -- Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?"
--during the reading, look for:
  • details (underline/highlight) to help us fill in the plot diagram on the front board
  • examples of different types of conflict (underline/highlight)
--oral reading
--Closure--Engage in preliminary discussion (complete plot diagram/conflict list and consider authorial purpose)

Transition -- pick up the "'The Lady or the Tiger?' Analysis/Application Questions" from the front table

Purposeful Re-reading -- Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?"
--independent reading--purposefully re-read Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady or the Tiger?”. Your purpose during this reading is to answer the questions on the “‘The Lady or the Tiger?” sheet as preparation for in-class discussion/writing practice next class.

Review (time permitting) -- Vocabulary Unit #5
--flip over your index card from earlier in class and number 1-20
--complete online review--write answers on card--check knowledge/understanding as we go, making note of which words to study more closely
--For HW, finish preparing for the Unit #5  assessment, which will take place next class.


Sharpening the Saw (time permitting)
--share personal mission statements
 
HW
Optional assignments:
--Review literature terms, especially those with which you are currently struggling, as you will be expected to know/apply these terms throughout the rest of the unit and on the 7 Habits Unit Exam.
--Purposefully read sections of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens in order to "beef up" your notes page.
Mandatory assignments:
--Finish purposefully re-reading Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady or the Tiger?”. Your purpose during this reading is to answer the questions on the “‘The Lady or the Tiger?” sheet as preparation for in-class discussion/writing practice next class.
--Finish preparing for the Unit #5 assessment, which will take place next class.