--Pick up a half index card from the front table and wait quietly for further directions.
S. the C.
--Reminder: It is important for you to stay caught up with regard to all of your coursework. It would behoove you to check the blog and SchoolTool often.
--agenda/HW
--complete the "warm up"/review for today's grammar assessment via PowerPoint
Transition
--Pick up the quiz titled "Assessment: Commas with Introductory Elements" from the front table. Purposefully read the directions and carefully complete the task at hand. Good luck!
Assessment -- Commas with Introductory Elements
--When you finish with the assessment, do the following:
- Pick up your
term poster from the front shelf and finish it (if you have not
already done s0).
- Engage in free
reading (your book or Upfront newsmagazine).
--Take out your copy of the “Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes” document.
Mini-Presentations/Notetaking (cont.) -- Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes
--presentations/notetaking
- Pause/smile in front and
gain the attention of your audience before speaking.
- First, state your
term. Then, provide wait time so that your peers can read
through the definition provided within the skeletal notes page before the “meat”
of your presentation.
- Speak loudly enough to be
heard by all.
- Speak at an appropriate
speed (NOT TOO FAST).
- Speak with enthusiasm.
- Make clear attempts at eye
contact to ALL parts of the classroom.
- Limit vocal fillers
("umm", "ahh", long silences, etc.)--NO MORE THAN 3-5
PER MINUTE.
- Limit distracting body
movements (podium tapping, hair smoothing, etc.).
- After your presentation, call on a peer at random to provide what he or she wrote for the blank(s).
Transition
--Pick up a copy of the Act II Reading Guide from the front table and engage in a "materials assessment" together. What are we "looking for" while viewing Act II?
Film/First-Draft "Reading" -- Act II of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet
--purposefully view the film until a few minutes remaining in class--gather information for discussion/assessment preparation by jotting down notes and responding to reading guide prompts/questions
Closure -- Wrap-up Discussion
HW (Class Preparation)
--Review your "Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes” page prior to our next meeting, as an upcoming assessment is quite possible!
--Work on finishing your free reading book. You have just about a month between now and the due date of the one-pager. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! See me if you have finished your book and need a one-pager.
Miscellaneous
--If we do not finish viewing and discussing Act II in class today, you can expect to do so next class!
--Pick up a copy of the Act II Reading Guide from the front table and engage in a "materials assessment" together. What are we "looking for" while viewing Act II?
Film/First-Draft "Reading" -- Act II of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet
--purposefully view the film until a few minutes remaining in class--gather information for discussion/assessment preparation by jotting down notes and responding to reading guide prompts/questions
Closure -- Wrap-up Discussion
HW (Class Preparation)
--Review your "Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes” page prior to our next meeting, as an upcoming assessment is quite possible!
--Work on finishing your free reading book. You have just about a month between now and the due date of the one-pager. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! See me if you have finished your book and need a one-pager.
Miscellaneous
--If we do not finish viewing and discussing Act II in class today, you can expect to do so next class!
On the backburner:
- A Paragraph's a Paragraph's a Paragraph
instruction (if necessary)
- Break down model paragraph together (if
necessary)
