--Pick up the following documents from the front table and begin familiarizing yourself with the documents back at your new assigned seat (SEE NAME CARDS):
- a rubric/HEDI Scale
- "Feedback Analysis: 'St. Lucy's...' Mid-Mini-Unit Assessment/Writing Assignment" halfsheet
- "'St. Lucy's...' Mini-Unit--Mid-Mini-Unit Assessment/Writing Assignment -- Notes/Instruction as per Mr. Martin's Reflections" packet
--So...what do you have to work with today?
--agenda/HW
--MASTERY OF TODAY'S LESSON WILL BE ASSESSED VIA OUR NEXT MAJOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT:
End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt:
When writing “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” author Karen Russell decided to begin each section of the text with information about a stage of Lycanthropic Culture Shock in the form of an epigraph. Russell also decided to depict each of her characters in certain ways in relation to the five stages of Lycanthropic Culture Shock. How do these decisions by the author help develop an emergent theme/central idea of the short story?
--information shared about returned work folders located by the door
--Block 4 ACE: Incentive received--nice performance on the Unit #3 vocabulary quiz (90.13% class average!)
Writing Workshop -- "St. Lucy's..." Mini-Unit--Mid-Mini-Unit Assessment/Writing Assignment
--agenda/HW
--MASTERY OF TODAY'S LESSON WILL BE ASSESSED VIA OUR NEXT MAJOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT:
End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt:
When writing “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” author Karen Russell decided to begin each section of the text with information about a stage of Lycanthropic Culture Shock in the form of an epigraph. Russell also decided to depict each of her characters in certain ways in relation to the five stages of Lycanthropic Culture Shock. How do these decisions by the author help develop an emergent theme/central idea of the short story?
--information shared about returned work folders located by the door
--Block 4 ACE: Incentive received--nice performance on the Unit #3 vocabulary quiz (90.13% class average!)
Writing Workshop -- "St. Lucy's..." Mini-Unit--Mid-Mini-Unit Assessment/Writing Assignment
--take a look at rubric and HEDI Scale in order to help you contextualize your score
- refamiliarize ourselves with the Content and Analysis and Command of Evidence categories
- score interpretation modeling via SMART Notebook
--halfsheet modeling via SMART Notebook
--scored writing pieces returned--on your halfsheet, make a list of "pros" and "grows" as you process through feedback that I provided--which of the items written on the front board pertain to your work?
--Transition--set your writing piece and halfsheet aside and move your "'St. Lucy's...' Mini-Unit--Mid-Mini-Unit Assessment/Writing Assignment -- Notes/Instruction as per Mr. Martin's Reflections" document to the forefront
--go through notes/instruction as per PowerPoint slides following the general pattern below:
- familiarize ourselves with the common comment
- look at an exemplar that demonstrates mastery with regard to the comment (PRO)
- look at a sample to which the comment applies (GROW) and fix together
- as this occurs, mark up your "'St. Lucy's...' Mini-Unit--Mid-Mini-Unit Assessment/Writing Assignment -- Notes/Instruction as per Mr. Martin's Reflections" document
- if a comment applies to your work, make an improvement accordingly--I will model via SMART Notebook
- WE WILL TAKE A "BRAIN BREAK" HALFWAY THROUGH OUR WORK
Looking Ahead -- Breaking Down the End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt (time permitting)
--work together to begin establishing a "plan of attack" for the upcoming writing assignment--mark up the prompt right here on the blog
- consider conclusions drawn from the homework assignment due today
--Continue your work with Article of the Week #6, which is due at the beginning of class on Friday, 11/21 (ACE) or Monday, 11/24 (BDF). This task will include purposefully reading the directions in the box at the top of the page and completing your best work with regard to the directions. I hope that you see the connection between the quotation integration portion of this week's assignment and today's notes/instruction!
--Next time, we will discuss crafting thesis statements, writing introductions, beginning the essay-writing process, and MLA format. If you come to class with an outline in place, you will be in GREAT SHAPE, as we will also have computer access. What might your process look like between today and next class?
--Read your free reading book for at least 10 minutes between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.
Backburner Goals (Mr. Martin's Note-to-Self):
- Review the parts of speech as introduction to our grammar work/in order to aid in vocabulary study
