Tuesday, December 4, 2012

English 9--12/5/2012

Jump Off
--Pick up an index card from the front table.  Number 1-20.
--Open your vocabulary book to page 51.  Spend the first five minutes of class quietly and independently looking over the words, as we will spend the first portion of today's class reviewing.

S. the C.
--GOALS: 1.) Leave class mostly familiar with the meaning of and able to pronounce the Unit #4 vocabulary words; 2.) Leave class with a sense of which words to study in preparation for the vocabulary quiz next class; 3.) Leave class with a better understanding of four of the seven habits (especially the habit with which you work).
--agenda/HW

Review -- Vocabulary Unit #4
--PowerPoint slides shared--use word list on front board/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 #4 assessment, which will take place next class.

Transition -- pick up the notes page from the front table and a copy of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

"Synergizing" Activity/Notetaking -- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
--rationale/purpose shared for independent purposeful reading
--tasks/groups assigned
--independent purposeful reading time
--next step explained (focus on what and how--Seek..to Be Understood)
--Transition -- get with group members
--put heads together--discuss/combine ideas--determine what and how to share
--whole-class share out--audience seeks to understand/takes notes

Closure -- T-O-D
--On the back of your index card from earlier in class, do the following from memory:
  • List as many of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective teens as you can.
  • Define the term "paradigm" in your own words and list a few of your own paradigms.
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NAME IS SOMEWHERE ON THE INDEX CARD. ALSO, PROPERLY USE AT LEAST ONE UNIT #4 VOCABULARY WORD SOMEWHERE ON YOUR INDEX CARD.

Sharpening the Saw
--anecdotes about hard work and reactive language shared (time permitting)

HW Time

HW
Optional assignment:
--Purposefully read sections of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens in order to "beef up" your notes page.
Mandatory assignments:
--Finish preparing for the Unit #4 assessment, which will take place next class.
--Complete "The Great Discovery" for use during next class.