--Staple your copy of Article of the Week #2 to the back of your copy of "Article of the Week" #3. Then, place your "packet o' goodness" in the black basket on the front table.
--While you are at the table, pick up a copy of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Back at your desk, take out the following from last class block:
- your "Learning Conventions of Literature via Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor" sheet
- your "Convention of Literature Notes" document
- your "Convention of Literature T-chart" that corresponds with your assigned convention
--oral reading of S.M.A.R.T. Goal index cards
- Though you are free to exercise your "Right to Pass", I encourage you to share anecdotes about your progress, hurdles you have encountered, successes, etc.!
- Reminder: When working with your peers today, keep this overarching question in mind:
- What should we be looking for and discussing when analyzing William Golding's Lord of the Flies?
--list of information on the righthand whiteboard shared as further guidance for today's block of time for lesson preparation
"Gearing Up" for Lord of the Flies (Phase 4) Activity (cont.) -- Learning Conventions of Literature via Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor
--"anchor in" to the "Compact for Group Work"
--continue preparing lesson in small groups as per the information listed on the righthand whiteboard
HW Time (remainder of class)
--If your group finishes planning your lesson with class time remaining, complete one of the following tasks quietly and independently until the class block ends:
- Membean training on a phone
- Revising your short story or poem as per feedback from me and your peers
- Free reading of either your free reading book or Upfront newsmagazine (located in a
--Block 2 ACE: Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 2/15). If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #5, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/1. If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #5, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
Writing
--Consider doing the following if you have not already done so:
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/1. If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #5, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
Writing
--Consider doing the following if you have not already done so:
- Reread your short story with "fresh eyes", taking note of any annotations that I have included on your draft.
- Access the electronic version of your short story and begin revising it.
--Elementary school students and teachers have challenged themselves to read 10 (or more!) steps of free reading over February Break. A step equals 15 minutes, so 10 steps equals 150 minutes/2.5 hours. I challenge you to do the same! Remember that your free reading book must be finished by mid-March. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
On the Backburner
- "Reading...a vacation for the mind..." (Dave Barry).
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy your vacation--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)
--Enjoy your vacation--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)
On the Backburner
- group writing assignment back
- where we're headed
- begin literary conventions work
