--Pick up the Monomyth Writing Assignment sheet from the front table.
--Pick up a BINGO board from the front table and open your vocabulary book to page 62.
--The following students need to see Mr. Martin at the end of class today:
- Mike--ALL SET!
- Carlos
- Crazy Phil--ALL SET!
- Hannah Montana--ALL SET!
- Princess Bell
- Miley Stewart
- The Artist Formerly Known as Ramillia Kyza--ALL SET!
- Oranges
- Pikachu--ALL SET!
- The Legit Dave Strider--ALL SET!
--The Artist Formerly Known as Ramillia Kyza still needs to revise and meet with Mr. Martin for the Cumulative Writing Portfolio (s/he has been and will continue to be referred for central detention)
--Reminder: The culminating assignment of the Odyssey Unit is writing a personal narrative in which you apply the monomyth pattern to your own life/personal journey. At this point, you should have some of the first draft of your narrative written. For HW, purposefully read and annotate the "Monomyth Writing Assignment" sheet as you continue working on the assignment. We will discuss your annotations next class in order to break down the assignment.
--agenda/HW
Looking Ahead -- Vocabulary Unit #5
While doing so, students should be:
a.) writing words in the boxes on BINGO board for use in class on Wednesday
b.) putting a star next to "foreign" words (those that will definitely need to be studied).
--For HW, begin preparing for the Unit #5 vocabulary quiz, which will take place this Friday, January 17th. As you are doing so, add one "helper word" for each box on your BINGO board for use in class on Wednesday.
Transition
--Pick up a highlighter from the front table.
--Take out both your homework ("Book Twelve: Sea Perils and Defeat" annotations) and your "Book Ten: The Grace of the Witch" annotations.
Instruction/Discussion -- "Book Ten: The Grace of the Witch" and "Book Twelve: Sea Perils and Defeat"
--look back through all of your annotations for the past two sections of reading--highlight what you consider to be your three best annotations (What makes an annotation good?)--be ready to share out!
--draw cards--all students (Block 1)/two-thirds of students (Blocks 2 and 4) share one annotation, which Mr. Martin writes up on the front board
--Transition--form a circle by height
--engage in discussion via a modified version of the protocol (one contribution minimum/three contributions maximum today--third contributions cannot be shared until all have contributed once :))--contributions assessed via the "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"):
--Transition--form a circle by height
--engage in discussion via a modified version of the protocol (one contribution minimum/three contributions maximum today--third contributions cannot be shared until all have contributed once :))--contributions assessed via the "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"):
- discuss annotations by linking them to each of the Reading Literature unit standards (projected on the SmartBoard)--determine quality of annotations--Mr. Martin encourages a "deeper dig" via prompting, follow-up questions, etc. as per the standards
Transition -- re-row desks/pick up an index card from the front table
Closure -- Self-Assessment
--Pick one of the standards that we worked on today within which you feel that your skills are effective or highly effective. On your index card, explain to Mr. Martin using convincing evidence how you are demonstrating effectiveness--MR. MARTIN MODELS WITH A TEACHING EXAMPLE (if necessary).
Notetaking/Looking Ahead (time permitting) -- "The Best Nest"
--open your notebook and date the page--label this section of your notes The Gist of "The Best Nest"
--view "The Best Nest" on YouTube (based on a children's book by P.D. Eastman)--jot down notes encompassing the gist of the story, which we will then use next class in our work with theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6TsHA0kTM
HW
Closure -- Self-Assessment
--Pick one of the standards that we worked on today within which you feel that your skills are effective or highly effective. On your index card, explain to Mr. Martin using convincing evidence how you are demonstrating effectiveness--MR. MARTIN MODELS WITH A TEACHING EXAMPLE (if necessary).
Notetaking/Looking Ahead (time permitting) -- "The Best Nest"
--open your notebook and date the page--label this section of your notes The Gist of "The Best Nest"
--view "The Best Nest" on YouTube (based on a children's book by P.D. Eastman)--jot down notes encompassing the gist of the story, which we will then use next class in our work with theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6TsHA0kTM
HW
--Purposefully read and annotate the "Monomyth Writing Assignment" sheet as you continue working on the assignment. We will discuss your annotations next class in order to break down the assignment.
--Continue bringing any materials that you have pertaining to the Monomyth Writing Assignment to class. We will be "workshopping" in class between now and the due date of the assignment, which is Thursday, January 23rd (ten days from today)--WRITE THIS DATE DOWN; YOU'VE BEEN GRANTED AN EXTENSION! :)
--Begin preparing for the Unit #5 vocabulary quiz, which will take place this Friday, January 17th. As you are doing so, add one "helper word" for each box on your BINGO board for use in class on Wednesday. Make sure that you truly know the words by Friday, as you will be asked on the quiz to write your own sentences for a few of the words using enough context to clearly show that you have incorporated the chosen words into your own vocabulary.--Continue bringing any materials that you have pertaining to the Monomyth Writing Assignment to class. We will be "workshopping" in class between now and the due date of the assignment, which is Thursday, January 23rd (ten days from today)--WRITE THIS DATE DOWN; YOU'VE BEEN GRANTED AN EXTENSION! :)
--Finish updating your annotations based on today's work and studying your annotations for "Book Ten: The Grace of the Witch" and "Book Twelve: Sea Perils and Defeat," as a multiple choice assessment will occur next class (AGAIN, YOU'VE BEEN GRANTED AN EXTENSION!). These ongoing multiple choice assessments will be scored, and your overall grade will be reported as your Odyssey Unit Exam grade.
--The English 9 Midterm Examination will take place on Monday, January 27th from 8:45 to 10:15. In order to begin preparing, go through your 7 Habits Unit Exam (SEE MR. MARTIN) and unit materials in order to determine the correct answers for the standards-based questions that you got incorrect.
