English 10 Honors--3/17/2014

Jump Off
--Submit your mindfully completed homework assignment (question #1 and question #2 under "Step #3" of the "Reading Nonfiction Document" for "The Death of the Author").
--Engage in some last-minute studying quietly and independently.
--When Mr. Martin directs you to do so, pick up the Unit #7 vocabulary quiz from the front table. Complete the quiz quietly and independently. Good luck!
*As students study/complete the quiz, Mr. Martin scores the homework using the following scale:

• /+ (100) = Commendable effort; content of work itself is in the effective to highly effective range 
• / (80) = Content of work itself is developing due to either lack of complete effort (e.g., not writing a complete sentence or sentences for #1) or lack of understanding 
• /- (50) = The work is essentially incomplete (HR detention assigned) 
• 0 = Not done at all or same exact responses as a peer (HR detention assigned)

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--trade and grade--return quizzes to rightful owners--reflect on performance and note still-not-mastered words in your vocabulary book--Mr. Martin collects quizzes

"Pair"/Share (continued from last block) -- Roland Barthes' "The Death of the Author" (1967)
1.  Transition

• Submit your mostly-scored vocabulary quiz and take out your copy of "The Death of the Author."
• Get back in your groups from last class and pick up one laptop per group.  Mr. Martin will be around with the flashdrive so that you can re-access your PowerPoint slides in order to finalize your notes before sharing. 

2.  "Pair"

• Finish creating your notes as per the guidelines written up on the front board.
• Once the notes are finished, come to a consensus about who is responsible for sharing what when going over the notes in front of the rest of the class.
• AS YOU WORK, MR. MARTIN WILL RETURN YOUR HOMEWORK.
• WHEN YOUR GROUP FINISHES, FLAG DOWN MR. MARTIN FOR FLASHDRIVE PURPOSES.

3.  Transition

• Re-row the desks.  Keep out your copy of "The Death of the Author."

4.  Share

• Starting with paragraph 4, share the PowerPoint slides.  When the paragraphs that you did not work with last class are being presented, add to your annotations.
• MR. MARTIN WILL SCORE PRESENTATIONS AS PER THE GUIDELINES WRITTEN UP ON THE FRONT BOARD.

Closure ("Clearing") Activity -- Roland Barthes' "The Death of the Author" (1967)
--Exemplars for #1 and #2 shared (written on board from homework collected at the beginning of the block)
--HW Time

HW
--Mindfully complete question #3 and question #4 under "Step #3" of the "Reading Nonfiction Document" for "The Death of the Author."  Expect to finish working with Barthes' text next class.