English 9--2/8/2019 & 2/11/2019

Jump Off (1-2 mins.)
--Please pick up a copy of the slip of paper located on the front table.  Write your name at the top.

S. the C. (10-12 mins.)
--agenda/HW
--"Course Description Guide" entries shared for English 10, English 10 Honors, and AP Seminar

• Q & A

Transition (2-3 mins.)

--After putting an X on the line next to the course option that seems best suited for you, place your slip in the black basket on the front table.  Then, obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  After logging in, log in to Membean and set up and complete a 15-minute training session.  

Instruction -- Vocabulary Training (Membean) (15-20 mins.)
--During this training session, I will call students over to my desk in order to...

• share in-progress GPAs for English 9
• English class placement for School Year 2019-2020.

ONCE YOU FINISH TRAINING, TAKE OUT YOUR BOOK AND ENGAGE IN FREE READING UNTIL YOU RECEIVE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

Transition (2-3 mins.)
--Please pick up a copy of the halfsheet titled "Poetry Protocol" from the front table.  Purposefully read the halfsheet.  I will model its use momentarily with a poem titled "Fireworks".

Poetry Analysis Practice Activity/Looking Ahead -- Amy Lowell's "Fireworks" and William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet--Act 1, Prologue (20-25 mins.)
--Step 1: Familiarize ourselves with the poetry protocol via MODELING with "Fireworks".

• consult definitions/terms written on the southern whiteboard 

--Step 2: Run the poetry protocol on the poem that I hand out.
--Step 3: Confer, compare, and clarify in groups of three (formed via a drawing of cards).
--Step 4: Engage in a whole-class share-out via a drawing of cards.  (As this occurs, I will mark up a class copy of the poem on the SMART Board.)

Transition (2-3 mins.)

--Please pick up a copy of the "Viewing/Reading Guide" sheet for the Prologue prior to Act 1 from the front table.  After reading the questions/prompts together and beginning to jot down responses, finish the task at hand quietly and independently.  Good luck!  (P.S. We have officially started Shakespeare's play! :) )

Looking Ahead/Closure -- William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet--Act I, Prologue (remainder of class)

--finish "Viewing/Reading Guide" sheet

--discuss responses to "Viewing/Reading Guide" sheet in groups of three (assigned via a drawing of cards)
--whole-class share-out (time permitting)

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 2/14 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
HW (Class Preparation)

--Anything left incomplete from today's agenda, please wrap up prior to next class block.
--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!

• "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.  Just get people to stop reading them" (Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451).

Miscellaneous
--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Your deadline is likely approaching!
--ACE classes: Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of em! :)

On the backburner:

• Finishing Gnomeo & Juliet by further discussing/returning to guide
• opening a window into The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
• continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
• Prior to "The Interlopers", complete acting activity reviewing the types of irony from both Gnomeo & Juliet and Act 1 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
• Writing returned/revised in waves
• Wave 1?!?!
• Wave 2--organization as per sample paragraphs for "The Cask of Amontillado"
• Prior to "The Interlopers", share a few paragraphs as review of both organization and concepts therein.
• Wave 3--grammar hammer as per common errors
• Continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
• Short works--The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Unit
• Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
• Saki's "The Interlopers"