Monday, December 18, 2017

English 9--12/19/2017 (Block 2 ACE)

Jump Off
--If you have a phone, please place it in the receptacle on the front table.  Then, report to your assigned seat and wait quietly for further instructions. 

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
  • Today's teambuilding activity is an exercise in following instructions, cooperating, using your resources, and using your brains.  The purpose is to earn tallies by completing as many as possible of the numbered items on the "Holiday Challenge List".  The group with the most tallies at the end of the game will be the winner!
Transition
--pre-formed groups assigned/"Holiday Challenge" sheets and one "Holiday Challenge List--Answer Sheet" delivered to each group

Teambuilding Activity -- Holiday Challenge
--timer set so that when finished, 22 minutes remain in the class block
--on your mark...get set......GO!!!--good luck! :)

Transition
--re-column desks and return to assigned seats
--winner announced--spoils of victory handed out

Film -- "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"
--view the film:

https://vimeo.com/56223373

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

  • "In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice" (Edmund Wilson, The Triple Thinkers).