English 10 Honors--5/23/2018 & 5/24/2018

Jump Off

--Please pick up a copy of the "Nonfiction Source Annotations" sheet from the front table.  Then, begin brainstorming some goals (preferably S.M.A.R.T.! :)) for today's library block.

S. the C.
--oral reading of "Nonfiction Source Annotations" sheet/Q & A
--create a list of rough goals on the front board
--review our "Compact for Work Time"

• How did we do last class block?

--agenda/HW

Transition
--journey on over to the library

LIBRARY

HW (Class Preparation)/Writing

--Continue moving forward with regard to the End-of-Course Assignment.  We will head to the library again NEXT CLASS (Friday, 5/25 [ACE] and Tuesday, 5/29 [BDF]), and this will likely be our last day in the library.

HW (Class Preparation)

--Complete 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:

• 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?

*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!).*