English 10--2/27/2019

Jump Off
--Open your notebook to the section labeled "The Alchemist--Quick Write #6".  Draw a line under what you wrote last class block.  Date this section of your notes (2/27/2019) and label it "The Alchemist--Quick Write #7".

S. the C.
--SMART Goal index cards read aloud
--Wrapping Up With the End in Mind: Following our completion of Paulo Coelho's novella The Alchemist, you will write a two paragraph literary analysis response in which you...

• show that Coelho is implementing a writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) within the novella
• explain how Coelho uses the writing strategy to develop an emergent theme of the story.

This writing assignment also serves as the "40" component of the second 60/40 reading assessment.

--agenda/HW

Thinking, Writing, and Looking Ahead Activity -- The Alchemist--Quick Write #7

--write for 8 minutes in response to our FINAL quick write of the novella unit:

• Authors like Paulo Coelho purposefully use/do "things" (e.g., aphorism, flashback, the hero's journey, irony, motif, symbolism, etc.) in order to help reveal their life philosophy/philosophies to their reader.  What "things" do you notice Coelho purposefully using/doing?  How so?
• BEFORE YOU BEGIN WRITING, I WILL MODEL ON THE FRONT BOARD AFTER SPENDING A FEW MINUTES USING MY COPY OF THE NOVELLA TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS.

--share in groups of three (formed via a drawing of cards)

• "I have noticed Coelho using/doing __________.  For example,..." AND/OR
• "I think that Coelho's life philosophy/philosophies is/are...because..."

Discussion/Looking Ahead Activity -- The Alchemist--Quick Write #7 and Developing the End-of-Unit Writing Assessment Prompt
--share-out via a drawing of cards/list compiled on the front board to aid in prompt-writing

• "I have noticed Coelho using/doing __________.  For example,..." AND/OR
• "I think that Coelho's life philosophy is...because..."

Flex Block -- Assessment Preparation AND/OR Free Reading

--engage in this block for 15 minutes prior to today's assessment

Transition
--Please clear your desk of all but a writing utensil in preparation for today's 60/40 reading assessment.  Then, procure Part 1 of the assessment from the front table.

Assessment -- The Alchemist up to Page 143--60/40 Reading Assessment (Part 1)

--When you finish, please place your work in black basket on the table.  Then, read your free reading book until everyone is finished with the assessment. 

Until Class Ends -- Purposeful Oral Reading of the Ending of The Alchemist (time permitting)

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/7 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)

--FYI: We will finish The Alchemist together in class; therefore, you are not expected to read any further outside of class.

Writing

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What might you argue with regard to your research topic?
• It looks like we will be heading back over to the library again next week!
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 5-10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  Your book must be finished in about a week and a half.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

• "The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries" (Rene Descartes)

Miscellaneous

--Be thinking about the memoir genre.  Whose life/what "type" of life would you like to read about during the last 12 weeks of the school year?
--Work toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal?!

On the backburner:

• Library
• print a promising source procured from a database
• back at the classroom, engage in active/purposeful reading as per the same directions given on last AoW