HOOKED ON BOOKS
Jump Off
--Pick up the "Vocabulary Units--Exercise Check" slip from the corner desk. Write your name on the line and open your vocabulary book to page 105.
S. the C.
--quickly complete exercise check--when finished, pass up facedown
--go over the homework ("Completing the Sentence" exercise on pages 105 & 106) three-in-a-row style
--For HW, finish preparing for the Unit #8 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class.
--agenda/HW
Review Activity/Discussion/Notetaking -- Majority Rules! (Dragonsong Chapters 1-7)
--quick review of how the activity "works"
--during the playing of the game, take notes--much will come out of today's review/discussion that will come in handy when coming up with an idea for and writing your final essay at the close of the unit
--finish reviewing/discussing/notetaking
Transition
--Pick up an index card and write your name at the top of it.
--Re-column the desks normally.
Closure -- During the review activity/discussion, I drew the following conclusion about Anne McCaffrey's purpose:
--respond in detail to this prompt on your index card--when finished, submit
--responses shared--notes/connections on front board
HW Time
Dragonsong Reading Breakdown
--during the playing of the game, take notes--much will come out of today's review/discussion that will come in handy when coming up with an idea for and writing your final essay at the close of the unit
--finish reviewing/discussing/notetaking
Transition
--Pick up an index card and write your name at the top of it.
--Re-column the desks normally.
Closure -- During the review activity/discussion, I drew the following conclusion about Anne McCaffrey's purpose:
--respond in detail to this prompt on your index card--when finished, submit
--responses shared--notes/connections on front board
HW Time
Dragonsong Reading Breakdown
- You must finish reading the novel by our first class day back from April break, which is Tuesday, 4/22. 71 pages remain.
- Including today, if you read 5 1/2 pages a day, you will finish the novel on time.
- Another reading requirement will be assigned for Friday (actively reading Chapter 9) in order to help you stay on track. Reading up to the end of Chapter 9 for Friday will leave you with 56 pages to read over break (approximately 6 pages a day).
- If you have read up to the end of Chapter 8 and would prefer to finish the novel by the end of the day this Friday so that you do not have any reading obligations over April Break, if you read 24 pages a day including today, you will have the novel finished after reading 24 final pages on Friday.
- If you have committed yourself to reading 17 pages a day as per the suggestion in the last blog post, stay committed!
- Hooked on Books is this week, and you are free to read Dragonsong during your reading blocks. However, the true purpose of Hooked on Books is to read something that you have chosen!
--Finish preparing for the Unit #8 vocabulary quiz, which will take place next class (Friday, 4/11).
BLOCK 2/BLOCK 4
Jump Off
--Pick up the "Vocabulary Units--Exercise Check" slip from the corner desk. Write your name on the line and open your vocabulary book to page 105.
S. the C.
--quickly complete exercise check--when finished, pass up facedown
--go over the homework ("Completing the Sentence" exercise on pages 105 & 106) three-in-a-row style
--For HW, finish preparing for the Unit #8 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class.
--agenda/HW
Review Activity/Discussion/Notetaking -- Majority Rules! (Dragonsong Chapters 1-7)
--Actively read Chapter 9 of Dragonsong via the Post-it Note Strategy.
--YOU MUST BRING YOUR DRAGONSONG BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE DRAGONSONG UNIT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR BOOK, EXPECT CONSEQUENCES FOR LACK OF PREPARATION.
--Bring something good that you want to read to class the rest of the week for Hooked on Books (unless you prefer to read Dragonsong).
--Bring something good that you want to read to class the rest of the week for Hooked on Books (unless you prefer to read Dragonsong).
BLOCK 2/BLOCK 4
Jump Off
--Pick up the "Vocabulary Units--Exercise Check" slip from the corner desk. Write your name on the line and open your vocabulary book to page 105.
S. the C.
--quickly complete exercise check--when finished, pass up facedown
--go over the homework ("Completing the Sentence" exercise on pages 105 & 106) three-in-a-row style
--For HW, finish preparing for the Unit #8 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class.
--agenda/HW
Review Activity/Discussion/Notetaking -- Majority Rules! (Dragonsong Chapters 1-7)
--quick review of how the activity "works"
--during the playing of the game, take notes--much will come out of today's review/discussion that will come in handy when coming up with an idea for and writing your final essay at the close of the unit
--finish reviewing/discussing/notetaking
--Transition--pick up an index card and write your name at the top of it--re-column the desks normally
--Closure--During the review activity/discussion, I drew the following conclusion about Anne McCaffrey's purpose:
--respond in detail to this prompt on your index card--when finished, submit
--responses shared--notes/questions on front board
Review Activity -- Unit #8 Vocabulary, Grammar Hammer Rules, and Dragonsong Chapter 8
--take out a clean sheet of lined paper
--complete the activity using the PowerPoint slides
--Closure--share via a drawing of cards
HW Time
Dragonsong Reading Breakdown
--during the playing of the game, take notes--much will come out of today's review/discussion that will come in handy when coming up with an idea for and writing your final essay at the close of the unit
--finish reviewing/discussing/notetaking
--Transition--pick up an index card and write your name at the top of it--re-column the desks normally
--Closure--During the review activity/discussion, I drew the following conclusion about Anne McCaffrey's purpose:
--respond in detail to this prompt on your index card--when finished, submit
--responses shared--notes/questions on front board
Review Activity -- Unit #8 Vocabulary, Grammar Hammer Rules, and Dragonsong Chapter 8
--take out a clean sheet of lined paper
--complete the activity using the PowerPoint slides
--Closure--share via a drawing of cards
HW Time
Dragonsong Reading Breakdown
- You must finish reading the novel by our first class day back from April break, which is Tuesday, 4/22. 71 pages remain.
- Including today, if you read 5 1/2 pages a day, you will finish the novel on time.
- Another reading requirement will be assigned for Friday (actively reading Chapter 9) in order to help you stay on track. Reading up to the end of Chapter 9 for Friday will leave you with 56 pages to read over break (approximately 6 pages a day).
- If you have read up to the end of Chapter 8 and would prefer to finish the novel by the end of the day this Friday so that you do not have any reading obligations over April Break, if you read 24 pages a day including today, you will have the novel finished after reading 24 final pages on Friday.
- If you have committed yourself to reading 17 pages a day as per the suggestion in the last blog post, stay committed!
- Hooked on Books is this week, and you are free to read Dragonsong during your reading blocks. However, the true purpose of Hooked on Books is to read something that you have chosen!
--Finish preparing for the Unit #8 vocabulary quiz, which will take place next class (Friday, 4/11).
--Actively read Chapter 9 of Dragonsong via the Post-it Note Strategy.
--YOU MUST BRING YOUR DRAGONSONG BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE DRAGONSONG UNIT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR BOOK, EXPECT CONSEQUENCES FOR LACK OF PREPARATION.
--Bring something good that you want to read to class the rest of the week for Hooked on Books (unless you prefer to read Dragonsong).
--Bring something good that you want to read to class the rest of the week for Hooked on Books (unless you prefer to read Dragonsong).
