Friday, January 18, 2019

English 10--1/18/2019

Jump Off
--Please do the following:
  • take out the following: 
    • any notes that will help you finish the Animal Farm group writing assignment
    • your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) for your group's characterization paragraph (if you are still wrapping up typing)
    • your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) for your group's theme paragraph
  • pick up the following from the front table: 
    • a copy of Animal Farm
S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--notes on PowerPoint slide shared (writing about literature in the present tense, using brackets when directly quoting, etc.)

Writing Workshop (Phase 3 cont.) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)
--Complete the following steps:
  • Get back into groups.
  • "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
    • read, discuss, and attend to any feedback that I provided for your group's first paragraph (if you have not already done so).
      • For example, if one of the comments reads, "Carefully copy quotes so as to avoid accidental plagiarism," use your copies of the novella to fix the mistakes.
    • finish sharing evidence and tiebacks so as to complete the template for your group's first paragraph (if you have not already done so).
      • Does anything need to be changed?  Added?  Etc.  (If so, "take care of business" accordingly!)
    • as per the modeling that occurred during the "S. the C.," agree upon and start writing introductions for each piece of evidence.
    • agree upon and write an all-encompassing concluding sentence.
    • divvy up first paragraph typing tasks (e.g., Jonah types sentences 1-3, Nicki types sentences 4-6, and Chris types sentences 7-9).
Transition
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom and log in.

Writing Workshop (Phase 4) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)
--attend to any feedback that I provided if you already shared your writing piece with me
--continue group-typing response

Writing Workshop (Phase 5) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)
--Complete the following steps:
  • "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
    • read, discuss, and attend to any feedback that comes through via Google Docs
    • write the claim for your second body paragraph on the appropriate lines of your second template (see your second halfsheet from before break)
    • develop a precise plan for outlining/typing the second body paragraph of your group's response
    • Be prepared to share your group's plan with the rest of the class before we enter in to the next phase of Writing Workshop!
Writing Workshop (Phase 6) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (__-__ mins.)
--whole-class share-out (plans for the next phase of Writing Workshop)
  • time determined according to plans shared
--execute your group's plan in the time permitted!
--divvy up typing tasks (e.g., Nicki types sentences 1-3, Chris types sentences 4-6, and Jonah types sentences 7-9)

Closure -- Group Work Self- and Peer-Assessment
--Please pick up a copy of the halfsheet from the front table.  Read the directions quietly and independently.  I will then MODEL on the front board and answer any questions that you have about what you are being asked to do.
--complete/submit the halfsheet

Before You Leave...
  • share Google Docs with me
  • return Chromebooks
  • place your halfsheets in the black basket
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday (1/16).  (See the most recent "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 1/17-1/23, WHICH MEANS THAT MIDTERM WEEK IS AN "EXTRA WEEK."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Complete another cycle of Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days between Friday, 1/24 and 11:59 PM on Thursday, 1/30.  (See the most recent "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
Writing/Class Preparation
--Continue thinking about the following questions:
  • Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
  • End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?
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.
  • "What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.  That doesn't happen much, though" (J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye).


On the backburner:
  • Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic