Tuesday, November 5, 2019

English 10--11/6/2019 & 11/7/2019

Jump Off
--Please pick up a copy of the "16Personalities and Animal Farm--Sample Self-Reflection" sheet from the front table.
--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  Then, log in and wait for further directions.

 S. the C.
--You should leave class today...
  • having completed a personality test which aims to help define "who you are and why you do things the way you do."
  • having read through the results of the personality test, reflected on the experience, and connected your thoughts and understandings to George Orwell's Animal Farm.
    • About reading the results, one test-taker claimed, "[I]t was like there was a person looking inside my mind and telling me what they saw."
  • somewhat more able to answer the following question that overarches our course: What is your "why?"?
--agenda/HW

 Activity (Part 1) -- 16Personalities and Animal Farm--The Personality Test
--directions MODELED on the SMART Board/sample self-reflection read aloud
--Transition
  • Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  Then, log in and follow the directions below.
--Directions:
  • Click on the link below:
  • Click on the "Take the Test" button.
  • Complete the "Free Personality Test" as thoughtfully as you can via ranking your level of agreement/disagreement with each prompt.
  • When you receive your results, click on the "Start reading" button.  Then, read the following somewhat purposefully:
    • the "Introduction"
    • the "Strengths & Weaknesses" section
    • one additional section of your choosing (e.g., "Friendships" or "Career Paths" or...)
    • Purposeful reading questions to consider:
      • What is your personality type like?
      • To what extent do you agree with your results?
      • What do you find most surprising?
      • To which character from Animal Farm do you most relate?  In what ways?
    • When you finish, either...
      • read through additional sections of your or results OR
      • set your Chromebook aside and engage in free reading until everyone has finished.
Activity (Part 2) -- 16Personalities and Animal Farm--Self-Reflection
--directions MODELED on the SMART Board
--Directions:
  • Open a Google Doc and name it "16Personalities and Animal Farm--Self-Reflection."
  • Type non-stop for ten minutes in response to the following prompt:
    • Reflect on your experience with the personality test, and connect your experience to Animal Farm.
      • (If this prompt is too general for you, consider, instead, aiming to answer each of the purposeful reading questions.)
  • FYI: This writing piece is what is often called a quick write.  As such, you should...
    • type as rapidly as possible
    • change nothing
    • lower your standards (which seems "weird" since you have been asked by English teachers for years to raise your standards, elevate your diction, "clean up" your conventions, etc.!)
      • Let everything in without judging the quality of the piece.
      • Allow one line that you have written to trigger something different in the next line, pulling from the corners of your brain.
    • let your own thinking guide you, not the prompt.
--follow the directions above as soon as you hear "GO!"

 Before You Leave
--Please make sure that Mr. Martin knows your personality type for grouping purposes next class block.
--Please fully shut down your Chromebook, return it to the proper slot, and plug it in via a cord.

 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 on Thursday (11/7).  DUE TO RECENT ISSUES WITH GOOGLE ACCOUNT LOGINS, I AM ADDING TOGETHER THE "STATS" FROM LAST WEEK'S REPORT AND THIS WEEK'S REPORT.  (See the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Complete another round of Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses (approximately 45 minutes) over three different days before 11:59 PM next Thursday (11/14).  (See the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  You have up until early December to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING 
BOOK TO CLASS!
--2 BDF/4 BDF: Enjoy the long weekend--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)


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