Jump Off -- pick up vocab. books and markers--put names on bottom of pages and in inside cover
S. the C. -- agenda/HW (FYI: Grammar hammer work will continue next week)
Assessment -- Sadlier-Oxford Level E Diagnostic Test
--quietly and independently complete test
--go over test (three-in-a-row style)--keep track of number incorrect
--collect data for "diagnosis" (heads down/hands up--stats on board and in gradebook)
Instruction -- Vocabulary Unit #1
--rationale/routine
--information about supplemental words (from http://www.dailywritingtips.com/100-whimsical-words/)
--go over Unit #1 word list and five supplemental words
--complete Synonyms/Antonyms--work on additional exercises if waiting for peers
--go over Syn./Ant.
--for HW, finish all of the Unit #1 exercises and familiarize yourself with the supplemental words--review next class
Transition -- form a circle
Brain Break/Teambuilder -- Unique Peer Essays
--read aloud--six essays
Discussion -- TOMatS up to pg. 72
--review discussion protocol
--engage in discussion as per protocol:
*Quick-writes from last class
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
*Stoicism
Transition -- re-row desks
Closure -- "Today, I learned..." (must properly use two vocabulary words)
HW
--finish all of the Unit #1 exercises and familiarize yourself with the supplemental words--review next class
--finish TOMatS and Post-Its--final discussion forthcoming
