--Ella C.: Following announcements, please ceremonially drop the grammar hammer again.
S. the C.
--please sit in your new assigned seats again
--agenda/HW
Instruction -- Missing Comma(s) with a Nonessential Element
English 10 Honors students...
- demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, and punctuation.
- apply knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning or style.
- strengthen writing as needed by editing or trying a new approach.
- use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
--Transition
- Please pick up a copy of the "The Grammar Hammer--Common Error: Missing comma(s) with a nonessential element" sheet from the front table. We will purposefully read through the top two-thirds of the first page together.
Flex Block Preparation
--MODELING of the application activity (editing counterargument paragraph) via the SMART Board
--"Poetry Assessment #1" information shared (see the southern whiteboard)/MODELING of sharing one's rationale for a correct response via #4
Flex Block -- Grammar Hammer Self-Reflection, Practice, and Application; Moving Forward from "Poetry Assessment #1"; Applying the Conventions of Literature to Animated Film; the GVEP Literary Contest; and Membean Training
To-Do List
- engage in self-reflection with regard to your last grammar hammer assessment
- RETURN YOUR ASSESSMENT TO THE BLACK BASKET ON THE FRONT TABLE WHEN YOU FINISH.
- mindfully complete the grammar hammer PRACTICE
- complete the following task for the PRACTICE with a partner:
- Share your work through the lens of these questions/this prompt
- For which sentences do you have a consensus?
- For which do you not?
- For those sentences where you do not have a consensus, talk together and see if you can come to one.
- For HW, if you feel it is necessary, read through the packet of additional information pertaining to this error and complete PRACTICE #4 (located in a manila folder in the "Grammar Hammer Extras" area of the classroom). These instructional materials and practices are meant to help you master the standards listed above. A quiz about this error will take place sometime in the near future (the week after next, maybe?).
- edit your counterargument paragraph so as to improve your control of conventions
- RETURN YOUR EDITED WORK TO THE BLACK BASKET ON THE FRONT TABLE WHEN YOU FINISH.
- engage in discussions with your peers about "Poetry Assessment #1" so that you can understand the rationale behind correct responses
- strongly consider filling in your "cheat sheet" while you discuss
- RETURN YOUR ASSESSMENT TO THE BLACK BASKET ON THE FRONT TABLE WHEN YOU FINISH
- consider editing your conventions of literature piece one last time
- PLACE YOUR WRITING PIECE IN THE BLACK BASKET ON THE FRONT TABLE BEFORE LEAVING CLASS.
- log in to your Chromebook and prepare for the GVEP Literary Contest if you have not already done so (I think, maybe, some misunderstanding exists with regard to this assignment?!)
- complete a Membean training session
- RETURN THE MATERIALS THAT YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHECKLIST
- FINISH MEETING WITH STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE AT THE FRONT TABLE REGARDING THE CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE WRITTEN RESPONSE.
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/28 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
HW (Class Preparation)
--If you feel it is necessary, read through the packet of additional information pertaining to today's common grammar error and complete PRACTICE #4 (located in a manila folder in the "Grammar Hammer Extras" area of the classroom). A quiz about this error will take place sometime in the near future (the week after next, maybe?).
--Continue reviewing the conventions of literature, bearing in mind that you are expected to apply your knowledge and understanding (on the examination that you will begin taking next week, to Lord of the Flies, to your free reading books, to anything, really!) moving forward.
--Beginning NEXT CLASS (Tuesday, 3/26), you will be taking an examination that mirrors the New York State Regents Examination in English Language Arts (Common Core). Please come prepared!
--If you have not yet selected your final free reading book of the school year, consider doing so ASAP (with the knowledge, though, that you must read a memoir, and we will head to the library soon)--ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner
- "Madness" done in class upon submission of revisions
- preparing to read LotF
- "Madness" done in class upon submission of revisions
- memoir of choice (could be An Ordinary Man!) as last free reading
Application Activity/HW Time -- Grammar Hammer Application/Article of the Week #1
--modeling via the SMART Board
--work time
--LORD OF THE FLIES
--go over the PRACTICE via the SMART Board
--LORD OF THE FLIES
--go over the PRACTICE via the SMART Board
