--Open your vocabulary book to page 29. Complete the "Completing the Sentence" exercise quietly and independently. As you do so, underline the specific context clues within each sentence that help you arrive at your selections for filling in the blanks. (For example, when selecting the word grimace for #1, I underlined the words If, like, why, and make and the end punctuation (?) because the general context helps me realize that the speaker is questioning why someone would "make" a particular face when eating something he or she likes. Also, a grimace is a facial expression, and people "make" faces.) Be ready to share your logic later in the class block (much as I have done here in this parenthetical example.
S. the C. (5 mins.)
--agenda/HW
Review -- Vocabulary Unit #2 (20-25 mins.)
--a student comes up to the SmartBoard as per the established order and, for a sentence of his or her choice, writes in the answer for the sentence/underlines the context clues used to arrive at the answer while engaging in a "think-aloud" about his or her logic
--REPEAT THE PROCESS FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF THE LIST...
--concurrently create a list of common types of context clues and strategies for finding/using context clues--THIS INFORMATION IS WORTH WRITING DOWN IN YOUR NOTES!
--go over remaining exercise answers
*I WILL RETURN THE UNIT #1 VOCABULARY QUIZZES (WHICH WILL THEN BE RE-COLLECTED MOMENTARILY)*
--FYI: The two most common "pitfalls" that occur when taking the vocabulary quizzes are as follows: improvement needed in using context clues AND incomplete knowledge of the function and meaning of words (perhaps due to a lack of good strategies for learning/remembering?). To which of these pitfalls (if any) did you succumb on the Unit #1 quiz, and how can you improve in the future?
*I WILL RE-COLLECT QUIZZES*
Transition -- form an alphabetical-by-first-name circle out of the desks (1 min.)
Discussion (cont.) -- Thomas C. Foster's "Pickup Lines and Open(ing) Seductions, or Why Novels Have First Pages" from How to Read Novels Like a Professor (2008) (flexible time as per library)
--discussion protocol/"Discussion Contribution Rating Scale" reminder--TODAY, ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE YET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION MUST CONTRIBUTE BEFORE ANYONE WHO HAS ALREADY GONE CAN DO SO
--engage in a paragraph-by-paragraph group close read/discussion via the protocol, picking back up with the third paragraph--continue marking up personal copies of the text as I mark up the text projected on the SmartBoard
Transition -- re-column the desks and pick up the "Close Reading of Nonfiction Discussion T-O-D" halfsheet from the front table (2 mins.)
Closure (remainder of class--can finish at the library)
Transition -- re-column the desks and pick up the "Close Reading of Nonfiction Discussion T-O-D" halfsheet from the front table (2 mins.)
Closure (remainder of class--can finish at the library)
--After carefully reading the directions, complete the task at hand and submit your best work prior to the end of class today.
IN-SCHOOL FIELD TRIP--LIBRARY
- engage in DEAR (after selecting a free reading book if you do not already have one)
HW
--Finish your work with Article of the Week #5, which is due at the beginning of class next time (Tuesday, 10/14). This task will include purposefully reading the directions in the box and other information on the first page and completing your best work with regard to the directions. The following videos will likely prove helpful since we did not have a chance to watch the two videos planned for last class:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElRoN-uNli4 (please be aware of the date of publication of this video)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y99vr_a916w
--If you would like assistance getting started on the writing component of AoW #5, stay after school today. I am more than happy to work more closely with students who show up!--Finish preparing for the Unit #2 vocabulary quiz, which will take place next class (Tuesday, 10/14). Make sure to master the “Whimsical Words.” REMEMBER THAT WORDS FROM PREVIOUS UNITS ARE "FAIR GAME" ON ANY VOCABULARY QUIZ THEREAFTER (EXCLUDING PAST "WHIMSICAL WORDS")!
--Read your free reading book for at least 15 minutes between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.
--Enjoy your long weekend--you only get so many of 'em!
