Jump Off
--Pick
up an index card from the front table. Number 1-20.
--Open
your vocabulary book to page 98. Spend the first five minutes of class quietly
and independently looking over the words--we will spend the first portion of
today's class reviewing.
--SEE MR. MARTIN: Hunter
Dalberth and Smoky Gascon
S. the C.
--agenda/HW
Review -- Vocabulary Unit
#9
--PowerPoint slides shared--use word list on front board/write answers on
card--check knowledge/understanding as we go, making note of which words to
study more closely
--For HW, finish preparing for the Unit #9 assessment, which will take place
next class (Monday of next week).
Self-Reflection -- “Complex sentences/subordinating conjunctions”/“Dragonsong
Unit—Foreword and Chapter 2 Reading Comprehension Check”
--engage in quiet/independent
self-reflection: How did you do? What did you do to prepare? What should you
do to prepare?
--share
out
**If you received a score lower
than 70% on the “Complex sentences/subordinating conjunctions” assessment last
class, you must take a re-quiz during homeroom or after school before the end
of next week--make arrangements with Mr. Martin ASAP--additional preparation
materials are located on the shelf next to the door above the “Grammar Hammer
Extras” sign**
Transition -- share the discussion
protocol (one contribution minimum/three contributions maximum--no third
contribution until all have contributed once :))/"Discussion Contribution
Rating Scale", assessments turned back in/form a circle
Discussion -- Dragonsong Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
--review the notes written on
the front board from last class
--engage in discussion as per
the protocol, making sure to hit as many of the questions as we can--IN BLOCK 4, THOSE WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE LAST TIME KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION
--Mr. Martin continues taking
notes on the front board under the appropriate topic headings
--your Chapter 1 packet is for
your notes--don't settle
for anything less than your best response for each of the questions/prompts
--Transition--pick up HW
sheet
--HW rationale--project Chapter
1 "alternative sheet" on the front board
--For HW, read Chapter 3 and
complete the "Chapter 3--Notetaking/Discussion Preparation" sheet.
Closure -- Final Countdown (time permitting)
HW
--Finish preparing for the Unit
#9 assessment, which will take place next class (Monday of next week).
--Read Chapter 3 of Dragonsong
and purposefully complete the "Chapter 3--Notetaking/Discussion
Preparation" sheet.
