--Please pick up a copy of the "Lord of the Flies Unit--CHAPTER ONE-CHAPTER FOUR" sheet from the front table. After announcements, purposefully read the directions. We will engage in a brief Q and A before you get started so that the directions are clear.
S. the C. #1
--Q and A
Lord of the Flies--CHAPTER ONE-CHAPTER FOUR
- DURING THIS TIME, I WILL MEET WITH STUDENTS ALPHABETICALLY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SCORING LITERARY ANALYSIS WRITTEN RESPONSES.
--Please pick up a copy of each of the following from the front table:
- the "Lord of the Flies--CHAPTER FIVE" sheet
- the "WRITING COMPONENT PART 3--Writing a Bridge, Essay Claim (Thesis Statement), and Conclusion" document
- the "Crafting Introductions" sheet
S. the C. #2
--agenda/HW
Writing Workshop (cont.) -- Writing a Text-Based Academic Argument ("Article of the Week"/ThinkCERCA #2): Writing a Bridge, Essay Claim (Thesis Statement), and Conclusion
--engage in a "materials assessment" (our essay as it currently stands, information to help you wrap up our essay, etc.)
--turn and talk
--brief share-out via a drawing of cards
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 4/25 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet). --agenda/HW
Writing Workshop (cont.) -- Writing a Text-Based Academic Argument ("Article of the Week"/ThinkCERCA #2): Writing a Bridge, Essay Claim (Thesis Statement), and Conclusion
--engage in a "materials assessment" (our essay as it currently stands, information to help you wrap up our essay, etc.)
- another exemplary counterargument paragraph shared
- Remember that a combination of methods of refutation does a good counterargument paragraph make!
- write a bridge
- write an essay claim (thesis statement)
- finish the conclusion by...
- logically circling back to where the essay began
- briefly reminding the reader of the key points made in the essay
- making a call to action
- DURING THIS TIME, I WILL RETURN YOUR LAST COUNTERARGUMENT PARAGRAPHS AND CONTINUE MEETING WITH STUDENTS ALPHABETICALLY FOR SCORING PURPOSES.
--turn and talk
--brief share-out via a drawing of cards
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
HW (Class Preparation)
--Wrap up anything that you were unable to complete in class today as preparation for the next two class blocks (your Lord of the Flies analysis task and/or finishing our text-based academic argument).
--You will finish taking the examination that you have been working on in class beginning NEXT TIME (Thursday, 4/25). The last section involves reading four texts and writing a text-based essay in response to a question about the sources. In other words, you will do what we have done together over the course of our last few class blocks together!
--Actively/purposefully read CHAPTER FIVE of Lord of the Flies. Then, complete the analysis task as per the "Lord of the Flies--CHAPTER FIVE" sheet as further preparation for discussion and/or to turn in as an assessment. This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Monday, 4/29.
--Read at least 10 pages of your memoir between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! These final two marking periods, I will randomly check for books and include your level of preparation in my reporting via Schooltool.
On the backburner:
- Method of Refutation #3 (Fallacy)
