Jump Off (1-2 mins.)
--Please take out any notes you took while listening to George Orwell's novella Animal Farm. Then, pick up a copy of the multiple choice assessment from the front table. Complete the assessment quietly and independently. Good luck!
Assessment -- Animal Farm Multiple Choice (15-30 mins.)
--finish completing the assessment
--When you finish the assessment, place your work in the black basket on the front table. Then, do one of the following until everyone is finished:
*AS YOU WORK, I WILL RETURN YOUR INDEX CARDS FOR THE UPCOMING WRITING ASSIGNMENT.*--Please take out any notes you took while listening to George Orwell's novella Animal Farm. Then, pick up a copy of the multiple choice assessment from the front table. Complete the assessment quietly and independently. Good luck!
Assessment -- Animal Farm Multiple Choice (15-30 mins.)
--finish completing the assessment
--When you finish the assessment, place your work in the black basket on the front table. Then, do one of the following until everyone is finished:
- Engage in free reading
- Reminder: You should be finished with your book by this Thursday!
- Obtain your Chromebook, log in, log in to Membean, set up a training session, and train until you are instructed to stop.
- When time is up, fully shut down your Chromebook, return it to the proper slot, and plug it in via a cord.
S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--agenda/HW
Looking Ahead -- Creating a "Compact for Group Work" (10-12 mins.)
--brainstorm items for inclusion in our rough "Compact for Group Work" after I share the rationale behind the compact/MODEL
--create a rough "Compact for Group Work" on the whiteboard and align it with the current draft located in the front of the classroom
Self-Reflection/Writing Workshop -- Theme Statement Analysis (3-5 mins.)
--re-read your current theme statement and any feedback provided
--improve your current theme statement in preparation for the rest of today's class block
Transition (1-2 mins.)
--improve your current theme statement in preparation for the rest of today's class block
Transition (1-2 mins.)
- any notes you took while listening to the novella
- your index cards (potential character[s] for analysis and current theme statement for George Orwell's Animal Farm)
- your free reading book
- Please get your book handy if you did not take it out earlier in the block.
- a copy of Animal Farm
- one of each of the following halfsheets:
- "Claim Templates with TAG About a Writing Strategy in Literature"
- "Claim Templates for a Theme Statement in Literature Conveyed Through a Writing Strategy"
- two copies of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template)
Writing Workshop -- Animal Farm Unit--End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (flex time)
- Reread the task:
- Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two paragraphs. In your response, discuss George Orwell's characterization of at least one important character. Then, analyze/explain how Orwell's use of characterization helps develop a theme statement (central idea) drawn from the novella. Considering the following question might help when crafting a theme statement: What seems to be Orwell's "thesis" about human nature/why people do what they do, say what they say, etc. as revealed in the story he tells? Use strong and thorough textual evidence spanning the entire text, and make sure that you reason through your evidence by tying back to your claim(s) often. Good luck!
- Read a sample response from a past English 10 student (central idea developed in a passage via symbolic setting).
- What is the purpose of the writer's first paragraph?
- What is the purpose of the writer's second paragraph?
- responses to these questions jotted down on the front board
- Get in groups (SEE THE BLOG POST FOR GROUPINGS).
- "Anchored in" to our rough "Compact for Group Work", ...
- share your improved theme statements with each other.
- draw consensus in order to either pick a theme statement about which to write or craft a new, "ultimate" theme statement about which to write.
- pick a character or multiple characters about which to write. Consider, first, the characters that you jotted down on your index cards a few weeks back!
- after I MODEL on the SMART Board, write the topic sentences for each of your paragraphs using both the halfsheet templates and the paragraph template documents. Review the notes included within the paragraph template documents as necessary. (SEE THE FRONT BOARD FOR IDEAS ABOUT ORGANIZATION!)
- All group members must complete the template. As a ticket-out-the-door, I will ask for submission of a copy at random from one group member.
- IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME CALLED DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE SEE ME AT THE FRONT TABLE TO DISCUSS YOUR FREE READING BOOK.
Ticket-Out-the-Door -- Template Collection via a Drawing of Cards (last few mins.)
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses (approximately 45 minutes) over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday (12/5). DUE TO THANKSGIVING RECESS, I AM ADDING TOGETHER THE "STATS" FROM THE 11/22-11/28 REPORT AND THE 11/29-12/5 REPORT, MEANING THAT ONE OF THESE TWO WEEKS IS AN "EXTRA WEEK." (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
- If you earned the opportunity for Marking Period 2 credit recovery, you must stay after school this Friday, 12/6 to calculate your partial credit!
--Complete another cycle of Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses (approximately 45 minutes) over three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 12/12. (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.) This is the first take-home assessment assignment of Marking Period 3!
HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)
--If you have not already done so, finish reading your free reading book by the end of this week. ALWAYS BRING A FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
Miscellaneous
--We will continue working on the Animal Farm writing piece into next week.
--We will continue working on the Animal Farm writing piece into next week.
On the backburner:
- Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic
