English 10 Honors--2/6/2017

Jump Off
--Turn in both your Article of the Week #4 and Article of the Week #5 work by placing both in the black basket on the front table.  Staple your AoW #4 on top of your AoW #5.  Thanks for your hard work!
--While you are up at the front table, ...

• pick up the index card that you turned in on 1/9
• pick up a copy of the "Are We Naturally Good or Bad?" document (an article from www.bbc.com).

--Take out your notebook and open up to the "What to Look for in LotF" section.  (If this section does not exist in your notebook, create it!)
--The following students must SEE ME before leaving class today:

• Emily C.
• Abi D.
• Kiki F.
• Alex F.
• Tanner H.
• Emily W.
• Zena W.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW/rationale behind today's endeavors

• When purposefully reading, annotate documents/take notes in your notebook in response to this guiding question:
• What should we be looking for and discussing when analyzing William Golding's Lord of the Flies?
• You should leave class today with a list of what to look for while reading Lord of the Flies in order to focus your purposeful/active reading.
• Remember that in our discussions, our goal is to refer specifically to texts, videos, etc. as often as possible (talking ABOUT ideas, conclusions, etc., not AROUND them!).

"Gearing Up" Discussion Preparation (Final Phase!) -- What to Look for in Lord of the Flies
--purposefully read "Are We Naturally Good or Bad?" (quietly and independently or orally--majority rules!)
--purposefully view the YouTube video located at the following link:
http://www.simplypsychology.org/asch-conformity.html
--quietly and independently, re-consider the following items through the lens of today's guiding question:

• the Essential Question that overarches our course:
• By nature, are human beings inherently evil or good or...?
• your annotated copy of "Is That a Symbol?" and the "Novel Pre-reading--Purposeful Non-fiction Reading/'Gearing Up' Discussion" document from 1/5
• your explicated song lyrics (poetry) from 1/9
• your "Kid Nation 'Episode #1: I'm Trying to be a Leader Here!'" document from 1/9
• your index card from 1/9
• the literary convention writing piece crafted by your group last class

--"anchored in" to the "Compact for Group Work", "warm up" for today's whole-group discussion with your writing groups from the last few class blocks

• FYI: I would like one person from each group to summarize your literary conventions writing pieces for the rest of the class--please plan accordingly! :)

Transition

--Please form a circle out of the desks from lowest number to highest number based on the day number of your birthday.  (For example, my birthday is 10/6, so my number is 6.)  Bring to the circle the following items:

• your notebook opened to the "What to Look for in LotF " section
• your annotated copy of "Are We Naturally Good or Bad?"
• your annotated copy of "Is That a Symbol?" and the "Novel Pre-reading--Purposeful Non-fiction Reading/'Gearing Up' Discussion" document from 1/5
• your explicated song lyrics (poetry) from 1/9
• your "Kid Nation 'Episode #1: I'm Trying to be a Leader Here!'" document from 1/9
• your index card from 1/9
• your "Learning Conventions of Literature..." document

"Gearing Up" Discussion/Closure -- What to Look for in Lord of the Flies
--Reminder: "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"

--first, share summarized literary convention writing pieces
--second, continue engaging in discussion about materials listed above in order to craft a list on the front board of "what to look for" in Lord of the Flies--COPY THIS LIST INTO YOUR NOTEBOOK

Transition

--Please re-column the desks and...

• pick up a copy of the study guide and a small stack of Post-its
• sign out a copy of Lord of the Flies.

Purposeful/Active Oral Reading (HW Time) -- Lord of the Flies CHAPTER ONE
--in order to engage in high-level discussions about this challenging text, our purposeful/active reading tasks are as follows:

• complete Post-its
• look for, draw potential conclusions about, and flag the items on our "What to Look for in Lord of the Flies" list
• read actively as we have done in the past (e.g., if you have a question, jot it down and flag the page; if you connect the text to personal experience, jot down notes about the connection and flag the page; etc.)
• complete the study guide as directed

--engage in purposeful/active oral reading--I'll simultaneously do a "think-aloud" for the first few pages as per our reading tasks as modeling

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 2/9.  If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #5, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
HW (Class Preparation)
--Finish purposeful/active reading of CHAPTER ONE of Lord of the Flies as preparation for analysis/discussion/(an assessment?) next class.
--On Tuesday (2/14) and Thursday (2/16) of next week, you will be taking an examination that mirrors the New York State Regents Examination in English Language Arts (Common Core).  It is in your best interest to begin preparing!

Miscellaneous
--Consider reading at least 5-10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. Your book must be finished by mid-March. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.
--Work toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal?