English 10 Honors--9/18/2012

Jump Off
-- Pick up the pretest and a highlighter from front table--complete quietly and independently.

S. the C.

--agenda/rationale/HW

--go over Jump Off

Instruction -- The Eight Parts of Speech
--discuss "the grammar hammer"--rationale
--go over chart on first page of packet--connect back to pretest
--for HW, complete the following activities: 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 15 (according to pretest performance)--be prepared for an assessment next class

Writing Workshop -- Unique Peer Writing Assignment
--take out your essay—as Mr. Martin models MLA Format, ask yourself this question:  Is this what my essay looks like?
--go over grading rubric--what is valued?
--self-edit in a 6-inch voice
--peer-edit in a 6-inch voice--I suggest you switch papers with your partner!
--quick grammar mini-lessons as per request
--for HW, revise your paper as per today's workshop time--I WILL COLLECT YOUR FINAL ESSAY NEXT CLASS
--share information about the writing portfolio

Closure/Looking Ahead -- Backwards Brainstorming
--model with The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
--develop a "vague form" template of The Contender
--briefly introduce the concept of "intertextuality" and its implications with regard to The Old Man and the Sea

HW Time
--Transition -- pick up a copy of The Old Man and the Sea and some Post-its/write down book #s
--begin reading aloud--model Post-it Note strategy

*POSTPONED*
HW
--complete activities 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 15 (according to pretest performance) of "The Eight Parts of Speech" packet--be prepared for an assessment next class
--revise your Unique Peer essay as per today's workshop time--I WILL COLLECT YOUR FINAL ESSAY NEXT CLASS

--purposefully read pgs. 1-25 of The Old Man and the Sea--be ready for a discussion next class--TO LOOK FOR:
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
*POSTPONED*