--Block 4 ACE
- The following students must turn in both Article of the Week #2 and "Article of the Week" #3 at the front table:
- Wubazz
- Person from Whom I Never Received a Nickname
- Please return your purposeful reading quizzes for CHAPTER ONE of LotF by placing them in the black basket on the front table.
S. the C.
--agenda/HW
Assessment -- Lord of the Flies Unit--Purposeful Reading Quiz--CHAPTER TWO
--When you finish, place your quiz in the black basket on the front table. Then,...
- engage in free reading OR
- engage in purposeful reading of CHAPTER THREE of Lord of the Flies...
until you receive further directions.
Block 4 ACE: Continue reading
Block 1 BDF: Finish lessons from last class block
Application Activity/Writing Workshop -- Applying the Conventions of Literature to Animated Film
Block 1 BDF: Finish lessons from last class block
Application Activity/Writing Workshop -- Applying the Conventions of Literature to Animated Film
--Following a purposeful viewing of Pete Docter's Inside Out, you will write a two-three paragraph response in which you...
- show that one of the conventions of literature is being implemented within the film
- explain how the director used the convention to develop an emergent theme of the story.
--Purposefully view the film by jotting down notes:
- Which conventions of literature are being used? How so?
- What meaningful and complex theme statements "work" for the film?
- How do the conventions used "feed in" to the theme statement(s)?
- Anything that might be useful when crafting your final argument of the course
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--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).
--Complete another 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/8. 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 another 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/8. 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 included by me on your draft.
- Reread your poem with "fresh eyes", taking note of any annotations included (by you, by a peer, and/or by me) on your draft.
- Access the electronic version of your short story and/or your poem and begin revising.
--Purposefully/actively read CHAPTER THREE of Lord of the Flies as preparation for analysis/discussion/(an assessment?) next class.
- In order to engage in high-level discussions about this challenging text, our purposeful/active reading tasks are as follows:
- complete Post-its
- look for, draw potential conclusions about, and flag the items on our "What to Look for in Lord of the Flies" list
- read actively as we have done in the past (e.g., if you have a question, jot it down and flag the page; if you connect the text to personal experience, jot down notes about the connection and flag the page; etc.)
- complete the reading guide as directed
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. Your book must be finished by mid-March. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
On the Backburner
- "We read to know we are not alone" (C.S. Lewis).
On the Backburner
- group writing assignment back
- literary conventions writing piece with Inside Out
- memoir of choice (could be An Ordinary Man!) as last free reading
