English 10--2/11/2020 & 2/12/2020

Jump Off
--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  Back at your desk, log in, log in to Membean, and set up and complete a 15-minute training session.
--When you finish, please do the following:

• If you have already earned your way in to the "60-Second Club," engage in free reading.
• If you are taking the podium today to share your "working knowledge" of your research topic, please spend about five minutes preparing.  This might involve finishing preparing your notes (SEE THE EXAMPLE ON THE FRONT BOARD) and/or practicing your speech once with a classmate.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--Reminder: the protocol for today's public speaking activity:

• card drawn
• final 30 seconds given (if desired) to prepare
• podium approached when name called
• speech delivered and timed (five-second countdown given)
• Reminder: "60-Second Club--Entrance Criteria"
• 60-Second Club officially joined (or not :'( )

Public Speaking Activity (cont.) -- 60-Second Club: Sharing "Working Knowledge"
--remaining speeches delivered via volunteers and/or a drawing of cards

Transition
--Please pick up a copy each of the following sheets from the front table: 

• "Understanding Argument"
• "Narrowing Your Topic"

Research Unit Mini-Lesson -- Understanding Your Purpose and Narrowing Your Topic
--purposeful oral reading of the "Understanding Argument" sheet/notes jotted down on the whiteboard

• Content-wise, what does a writer "need" in order to craft a successful academic argument about a topic?

--view slides on the SMART Board

• What are you seeing here?

--A Note from Bruce Ballenger's The Curious Researcher:

• "The closer [photographers get] to their subjects, the more they [begin] to see what they had never noticed before.  The same is true in writing.  As you move in for a closer look at some aspect of some larger [topic], you will begin to uncover information that you--and ultimately your readers--are likely to find less familiar and more interesting.  One writing phrase for this is narrowing your [topic]."

--"Narrowing Your Topic" sheet MODELED--PICK BACK UP HERE ON THURSDAY IN BLOCK 1
--complete the "Narrowing Your Topic" sheet quietly and independently

Before You Leave

--return and plug in Chromebooks

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)

--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 2/13.  (See the most recent "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 2/14-2/20, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS 7-DAY WINDOW IS THE "EXTRA WEEK" for Marking Period 4.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
Writing/Class Preparation

--Following February Break, we will head over to the library to continue conducting research.  Continue thinking about the following question:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?

--Don't forget about this question, too:

• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Try to read 5-10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!