Thursday, September 27, 2012

English 10 Honors--9/28/2012



Jump Off
--Pick up the vocabulary quiz from the front table.  Complete the quiz quietly and independently.
*When finished, go ahead and get started on the note-taking task (see “Transition” below).

S. the C.
--agenda/rationale/HW
--trade and grade #1-20

Transition
--quiz in/notebooks out/jot down notes in notebook ("novella" and "paradox")
*Note:  To help distinguish between "paradox" and "irony", read the following on your own time: http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Lite/LiteBred.htm
--form a circle

Brain Break/Teambuilder -- Unique Peer Essays
--read aloud--3-6 essays

Discussion -- TOMatS up to the end
--discussion preparation--Hemingway’s Style (quick mini-lesson)--MR. MARTIN: SEE NOTES FROM LAST YEAR
--anyone need a reminder of the protocol/rating scale?
--engage in discussion as per protocol:
*Quick-writes from a few blocks back (“unlucky”)
*The basics (characters, setting, conflict, etc.)
*Christological figure
*Hero as a literary term
*Hemingway's writing style—any “proof passages”?
*Connections to The Contender
*Stoicism

Transition – re-row desks

Closure -- "Today, I learned..." (must properly use two vocabulary words and label the subject/verb of your first sentence)

HW
--Prepare for The Old Man and the Sea Novella Exam (the class after next).
--Enjoy the weekend!