English 9--1/3/2013

Jump Off -- Think

--Take out your "'The Lady or the Tiger?' Analysis/Application Questions" sheet. Purposefully look back through your responses. Your purpose: 1.) Put an asterisk next to one of the questions/prompts that "tripped you up"; 2.) Circle one of your responses that you are confident about sharing with the whole group; and 3.) Add more information to one of your responses that you know could be stronger.

S. the C.

--Take a look at some items from the unit plan (listed below)--how are we doing so far?:

Skills

• Distinguish and apply the first four habits from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens in both literature and everyday life
• Demonstrate understanding of concepts in a simple and concise manner
• Identify and support theme statements from literary works
• Recognize and explain the use of tieback sentences

Required Content

• Study The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey focusing on the following terms/concepts: habit, proactive behavior, reactive behavior, personal mission statement, priorities, relationship dynamics (Win-Win, Win-Lose, Lose-Win, and Lose-Lose)
• Teach/Review the following terms: theme, antagonist, protagonist, five types of conflict (person vs. self, person, society, technology, and nature), characterization methods (e.g., character says, thinks, does; reactions of other characters; narrator tells; etc.) + static and dynamic character, plot.  The focus is on HOW or WHY--authorial purpose

--agenda/HW

Discussion Preparation (cont.) -- Pair ("The Lady or the Tiger?" Analysis/Application Questions)

--Pair up and share your reflections with each other.

Transition -- form a circle

Discussion -- Share ("The Lady or the Tiger?" Analysis/Application Questions)

--Review the discussion protocol/"Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"

--Engage in discussion using the questions as a starting point

Transition -- re-row desks

Writing Workshop -- "The Lady or the Tiger?" Analysis/Application Question Paragraph Response

--On a clean sheet of lined paper, turn one of your fourteen responses into an AMAZING paragraph response (bear in mind Meaning, Development, Organization, Language Use, and Conventions).

--Once you’ve finished writing, “mark up your paragraph”--MR. MARTIN WILL MODEL:

1.)  Underline the topic sentence.  Label it in the margin.

2.)  Circle focus word(s)/phrase(s) in the topic sentence only.

3.)  Highlight one specific detail pulled from “The Lady or the Tiger?”  Label it in the margin.

4.)  Put a box around one tieback.  Label it in the margin.

5.)  Place brackets around the concluding sentence.  Label it in the margin.

Transition -- place your paragraph in your binder/pick up both a copy of "The Lottery" and the "'The Lottery Analysis/Application Questions" from the front table

Purposeful Reading -- Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”
--oral reading--purposefully read the story. Your purpose during this reading is to consider the concept of fairness (briefly discuss first) and answer the questions on the “‘The Lottery” sheet as preparation for in-class discussion/writing practice next class.
--Closure--Engage in preliminary discussion (time permitting)

HW

Optional assignments:
--Review literature terms, especially those with which you are currently struggling, as you will be expected to know/apply these terms throughout the rest of the unit and on the 7 Habits Unit Exam (which will most likely take place next week).
Mandatory assignments:

--Finish purposefully reading Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”. Your purpose during this reading is to consider the concept of fairness and answer the questions on the “‘The Lottery” sheet as preparation for in-class discussion/writing practice next class.
--Bring your vocabulary book next class.