--Pick up a vocabulary book and a marker from the front table. Put your name on the bottom of the pages of your vocabulary and also in the inside cover. Please put markers back when you finish.
S. the C.
--agenda/rationale/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)
--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 “Whimsical Words” (from http://www.dailywritingtips.com/100-whimsical-words/)
--go over Unit #1 word list and five “Whimsical Words”
--complete Synonyms/Antonyms--work on additional exercises if waiting for peers--ESSAYS GIVEN BACK FOR "BRAIN BREAK/TEAMBUILDER"
--go over Syn./Ant.
--for HW, finish all of the Unit #1 exercises and familiarize yourself with the “Whimsical Words”--review next class--assessment on Friday
--rationale/routine
--information about “Whimsical Words” (from http://www.dailywritingtips.com/100-whimsical-words/)
--go over Unit #1 word list and five “Whimsical Words”
--complete Synonyms/Antonyms--work on additional exercises if waiting for peers--ESSAYS GIVEN BACK FOR "BRAIN BREAK/TEAMBUILDER"
--go over Syn./Ant.
--for HW, finish all of the Unit #1 exercises and familiarize yourself with the “Whimsical Words”--review next class--assessment on Friday
Transition -- form a circle
Brain Break/Teambuilder -- Unique Peer Essays
--read aloud--six essays
--resubmit essays when finished
--read aloud--six essays
--resubmit essays when finished
Discussion -- TOMatS up to pg. 25
--share information about circle discussions from ex-student
--go over the discussion protocol
--go over the “Discussion Contribution Rating Scale”—MODEL
--prepare contributions by looking through Post-its
--engage in discussion as per protocol—contributions assessed via scale:
*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
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
Transition -- re-row desks
Closure -- "Today, I learned..." (must properly use two vocabulary words and label the subject/verb of your first sentence)
HW
--finish all of the Unit #1 exercises and familiarize yourself with the “Whimsical Words”--review next class--assessment on Friday
--read up to pg. 72 of TOMatS--continue with Post-Its for discussion:
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
**Stoicism
--finish all of the Unit #1 exercises and familiarize yourself with the “Whimsical Words”--review next class--assessment on Friday
--read up to pg. 72 of TOMatS--continue with Post-Its for discussion:
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style
*Connections to The Contender
**Stoicism
