--Pick up an index card from the front table. Number the index card 1-20 as per the model on the front board.
--Open your vocabulary book to page 52. Spend the first five minutes of class quietly and independently looking over the words, as we will spend the first portion of today's class reviewing.
*AS YOU WORK, I WILL...
- RETURN YOUR TICKET-OUT-THE-DOOR FROM TWO CLASSES AGO, WHICH WE WILL THEN GO OVER BRIEFLY LATER IN CLASS
- GIVE YOU THE TOOL YOU NEED FOR PURPOSEFUL READING OF "ST. LUCY'S..."*
--Vocabulary review activity goals:
1.) Leave class mostly familiar with the meaning of and able to pronounce the Unit #4 vocabulary words
2.) Leave class with a sense of which words to further study in preparation for the vocabulary quiz next class
--agenda/HW (today's class)
--rough agenda (next class):
2.) Leave class with a sense of which words to further study in preparation for the vocabulary quiz next class
--agenda/HW (today's class)
--rough agenda (next class):
- Vocabulary Quiz
- Structured Silent "Study Hall":
- Stage 4--independent purposeful reading (all four reading tasks)--can grab materials today!
- Planning/outlining for final assignment--can grab materials today!
- Free Reading
- Gunnar D.
- Robert L.
- Brendan L.
- Nic R.
- Ryan W.
- Justin N.
- Rebekah R.
- Jacob R.
- Cameron V.
- Trevor C.
- James F.
- Collin J.
- Emmalee M.
- Sidney S.
- Bobby W.
- Hunter W.
--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 #4 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class.
--For HW, finish preparing for the Unit #4 vocabulary quiz, which will take place at the beginning of next class.
Old Business/Looking Ahead -- Stage 2 Closure (Theme Ticket-Out-the-Door) (3-5 mins.)
--assessment/feedback criteria:
- I asked myself this question: Will the theme you provided work when it comes time to complete the End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment/Writing Assignment?
- If so, /+!
- If not, I tried to point you in a positive direction.
- I provided a question or series of questions that I hope will get you closer to crafting a meaningful and complex theme statement by the end of the mini-unit.
--Q & A
"St. Lucy's..."--Stage 3 (pgs. 244-247)
"THINK": Purposeful Reading (15-20 mins.)
--purposeful oral reading of Stage 3 of the short story--complete your assigned purposeful reading task to the best of your ability
--quick reminder: the "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"--individual contributions to today's share-out/discussion will be assessed using this scale
--another quick reminder: our ultimate purpose for re-reading and discussing the story:
End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt:
Write a well-developed paragraph in which you support a meaningful and complex theme statement for Karen Russell's "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves." Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text, and be sure to tie back to your theme statement often.
--continue completing your assigned purposeful reading task via rereading, filling in your tool, looking up words, etc.--decide what to share during the forthcoming share-out/discussion, bearing in mind the "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"
"SHARE": Share-Out/Discussion/Closure (remainder of class)
--share-out paragraph-by-paragraph in the following order:
- structure
- character
- theme
- diction
--as you and your peers share and I mark up the text on the SmartBoard, do the same on your personal copy of "St. Lucy's..."
HW (Class Preparation)
--The Unit #4 vocabulary quiz will take place at the beginning of next class (Friday, 11/20). Finish preparing. REMEMBER THAT WORDS FROM PREVIOUS UNITS ARE "FAIR GAME" ON ANY VOCABULARY QUIZ THEREAFTER!
--Read your free reading book for at least 15 minutes between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS. You have up until the first week of December to finish your book.
