--Open your vocabulary book to page 28. Look through the list of words, and put a star next to all of the words that you are pretty confident about knowing already.
S. the C.
--agenda/HW (prior to reading of the agenda, take out your notebook, date the page [10/22/2012], and write down these two prompts)--Mr. Martin shares a brief anecdote:
- If we do nothing else during today’s class, we must ____________________.
- The single, most important “thing” that we must accomplish today is ____________________.
LET’S FIND THE “CORE” OF TODAY’S LESSON! (Jot responses in notebook.)
--share out
Instruction -- Vocabulary Unit #2
--go over Unit #2 word list (page 28) and five "Whimsical Words"
--complete the Synonyms and Antonyms (page 32) quietly and independently--work on additional exercises if waiting for peers to finish up--while you are working, Mr. Martin will come around and hand back your The Old Man and the Sea Novella Exams.
--go over the answers to Syn./Ant.
--brainstorm study strategies together as a class--Mr. Martin models on the front board
--for HW, begin preparing for the Unit #2 assessment--make sure to familiarize yourself with the "Whimsical Words"--review next class (time permitting)--assessment on Friday
Instruction -- Writing Literary Analysis Essays
Instruction -- Vocabulary Unit #2
--go over Unit #2 word list (page 28) and five "Whimsical Words"
--complete the Synonyms and Antonyms (page 32) quietly and independently--work on additional exercises if waiting for peers to finish up--while you are working, Mr. Martin will come around and hand back your The Old Man and the Sea Novella Exams.
--go over the answers to Syn./Ant.
--brainstorm study strategies together as a class--Mr. Martin models on the front board
--for HW, begin preparing for the Unit #2 assessment--make sure to familiarize yourself with the "Whimsical Words"--review next class (time permitting)--assessment on Friday
Novella Closure -- The Old Man and the Sea
--discuss common comments given for question 36 and 37
--set test aside for a little bit--we'll come back to question 39!
--discuss common comments given for question 36 and 37
--set test aside for a little bit--we'll come back to question 39!
Instruction -- Writing Literary Analysis Essays
--What is literary analysis? (Create a personalized definition in your notebook underneath your notes from earlier in class.)
--whole-class discussion--work through creation of a definition on the front board--go deep (word-by-word, no use of original words in definition, etc.)!
--whole-class discussion--work through creation of a definition on the front board--go deep (word-by-word, no use of original words in definition, etc.)!
--What is a literary analysis essay?
--whole-class discussion--add to our definition as it pertains to an essay
--Based on your understanding of what a literary analysis is, brainstorm a viable literary analysis essay topic for T.O.M.a.t.S.--jot your topic down in your notebook
--share out
--take a look at question 39 of the T.O.M.a.t.S. exam--what do we have here?
--take out your The Contender exam and look at question 33--what do we have here?
--read essay topic aloud (T.C. and T.O.M.a.t.S.)--what do we have here?
--begin discussing an approach
--Predict the future: Where do you think we're headed next?
Brain Break -- Mum Ball
Closure
--Engage in self-reflection as per S. the C. prompt responses.
HW
--Begin preparing for the Unit #2 assessment--make sure to familiarize yourself with the “Whimsical Words”--review next class (time permitting)--assessment on Friday.
--Be working on revisions of the Unique Peer Writing Assignment for your Writing Portfolio. I hope to have some submissions this week!
--Begin preparing for the Unit #2 assessment--make sure to familiarize yourself with the “Whimsical Words”--review next class (time permitting)--assessment on Friday.
--Be working on revisions of the Unique Peer Writing Assignment for your Writing Portfolio. I hope to have some submissions this week!
