English 10 Honors--5/17/2018 & 5/18/2018

Jump Off
--Please pick up the following from the front table: 

• a copy of the "English 10 Honors End-of-Course Assignment (updated on 5/17/2018)" sheet
• Find your old copy of the assignment sheet in your binder--throw that one out!
• your claim for the End-of-Course Assignment as it currently stands
• a copy of the "Current Claim and Potential Sources/Source Types" sheet

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--oral reading of assignment sheet/Q & A

Writing Workshop -- End-of-Course Assignment
--spend about 20 minutes quietly and independently grappling with the assignment
--after reading the first three bullets of directions of the "Current Claim..." sheet together, complete the task at hand
--read the fourth and fifth bullets together--MODEL the fourth bullet with the following partial claim:

• By nature, humans are inherently good but are more often than not influenced by negative forces (such as the desire for power, greed, etc.) that cause them to act in "evil" ways.

--form groups (intelligently!)

--wrap up by writing new and improved claims both on your document and on a new poster

--read the last set of directions together and complete the task at hand

• Q & A so as to clarify directions (if necessary)

Transition

--Place both your "Current Claim and Potential Sources/Source Types" document and your new poster in the black basket on the front table.

HW Time

HW (Class Preparation)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 5/17).  If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #6, 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, 5/24.  If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #6, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).

HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)

--Finish reading The Alchemist by the beginning of class Friday, 6/1 [ACE] or Monday, 6/4 [BDF]).  Demonstrate your best skill level in reading actively/purposefully via the Post-it Note strategy (or notes in a notebook or...), and expect any or all of the following to occur next time that we meet:

• collection of your notes for assessment purposes
• a "60/40" reading assessment
• a discussion geared around your notes

--Remember that I reserve the right to conduct a reading assessment at any time. It would be in your best interest to continuously review your reading notes for The Alchemist and any related materials. You are expected to both understand and apply your understandings of certain terms/concepts to your reading of the novella (in addition to the typical terms/concepts such as setting, symbolism, theme, etc.): allegory, allusion, aphorism, Christ(ological) figure, Coelho's "Four Obstacles" Philosophy, dilemma, everyman, fable, foil, genre, geography, interior monologue, leitmotif, literary blindness, literary communion, literary vampire, magical realism, marked for greatness, monomyth (hero's journey), motif, myth, paradox, and quest. A sample assessment question/prompt, then, might look like the following:

• How is Paulo Coelho's novella The Alchemist a blending of several literary modes/genres? Consider using any or all of the following terms in your response: genre, allegory, fable, and magical realism. What is one likely purpose Coelho was looking to fulfill when he decided to tell such a story?

HW (Class Preparation)/Writing

--Continue working on the End-of-Course Assignment.  We will head to the library for a three-class-day sequence beginning NEXT CLASS.
Miscellaneous

--I wish you the best of luck if you are taking an AP exam this week and hope that my plans help you use your time in the best manner possible!
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)

*I AM AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH DAILY FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ONE-ON-ONE (ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STRUGGLING--BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND TAKE INITIATIVE!).*