English 10 Honors--3/5/2020

Jump Off

--Please pick up each of the following from the front table (unless, of course, you already have some of the items):

• the "Narrowing Your Topic" sheet
• the "Finding the Questions Exercise" halfsheet
• a blank "Book Review" template
• the "Sample Book Review for Beartown Using Template" sheet

--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  Back at your desk, log in.
--Please take a look (again) at the following piece of information:

• 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]."

*REMINDER: DURING TODAY'S CLASS BLOCK, I WILL CONTINUE CALLING STUDENTS OVER TO MY WORKSTATION SO THAT WE CAN MEET ONE-ON-ONE ABOUT CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE WRITING PIECES.*

S. the C.

--agenda/HW

--"Narrowing Your Topic" sheet MODELED

--directions on the "Finding the Questions Exercise" halfsheet MODELED (if necessary)
--MODEL "Book Review" template shared for Fredrik Backman's Beartown
--"Compact for Work Time" reviewed

Research Unit Activities -- Narrowing Your Topic and Finding the Questions Exercise
--complete the "Narrowing Your Topic" sheet quietly and independently
--complete the "Finding the Questions Exercise" exercise quietly and independently

Flex Block -- Conducting Additional Research AND/OR Free Reading AND/OR "Book Review" Template AND/OR Lord of the Flies Assignments

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 TODAY (Thursday, 3/5).
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 3/6-3/12, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS 7-DAY WINDOW IS A SECOND "EXTRA WEEK" for Marking Period 4.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)

Writing/Class Preparation
--Next week, we will access the high school library databases in order to continue conducting research.  Continue thinking about the following question:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?  Do you find yourself coming any closer to an answer to this question?

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

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

HW (Class Preparation)
--Actively/purposefully read CHAPTER SIX of Lord of the Flies.  Then, complete the analysis task as per the "Lord of the Flies--CHAPTER SIX Discussion Preparation/Take-Home Assessment" sheet as further preparation for discussion and/or to turn in as an assessment.  This assignment is due at the beginning of class NEXT TIME (Monday, 3/9).
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class block. 
You have up until Wednesday, 3/11 (the middle of NEXT WEEK!) to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

--Strongly consider working on completing the "Book Review" template for one of your free reading books.  (I will hand out copies and an example during one-on-one meetings.)
Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)