English 9--9/26/2017 & 9/27/2017

Jump Off (2-3 mins.)
--Pick up a copy of the halfsheet titled "Article of the Week #2--Anticipatory Set" from the front table.  Read the directions carefully so that you know what to do while viewing the brief video at the start of today's class.
*DURING THE FIRST TEN MINUTES, I WILL COME AROUND WITH YOUR CUMULATIVE WRITING PORTFOLIOS--WE WILL USE THE FOLDERS LATER DURING TODAY'S CLASS BLOCK.*

S. the C. (15-20 mins.)
--agenda/HW
--doublecheck halfsheet directions
--determine the location of Rakhine State via Google Maps
--purposefully view the following videos:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/09/18/rohingya-muslims-bangladesh-border-control-pkg-field-cnni.cnn/video/playlists/myanmars-rakhine-state-rohingyas/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F25qrkboV3o

--discuss videos as per viewing purposes

Transition (3-5 mins.)
--Pick up a copy of Article of the Week #2 ("No Simple Solution to the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar") from the front table.
--Purposefully read only the information located in the box at the top of the page and be ready to discuss your understanding of the directions.

• Purpose: You should know exactly what to do while completing Article of the Week #2.

Literacy Activity #2 -- Article of the Week #2 (15-20 mins.)
--Q & A about the directions

• Some of the key reasons why we do Article of the Week:
• purposeful and active reading practice
• argumentative writing learning/practice
• Review as per Article of the Week #1
• What exactly is a claim?
• How can a reader find an author's claim?
• An answer to the "why a template?" question
• "[M]any students will never learn on their own to make the key intellectual moves that our templates represent.  While seasoned writers pick up these moves unconsciously through reading, many students do not.  Consequently, we believe, students need to see these moves represented in the explicit ways that the templates provide" (Graff and Birkenstein xxii).
• "The aim of the templates...is...to be direct with students about the key rhetorical moves that it comprises" (Graff and Birkenstein xxii).
• "[T]emplates...provide concrete prompts that can stimulate and shape...thought" (Graff and Birkenstein xxii).

--active/purposeful (oral? independent?) reading of Article of the Week #2 as per directions

Old Business/Looking Ahead -- "Letter to Mr. Martin" (10-15 mins.)
--engage in personal reflection based on my notes to you
--analyze the following writing samples via "PROS" and "GROWS" framework:

• One of the most important things in my life is sports.
• One of the most important aspects of my life is my involvement in sports because playing sports makes me feel good about myself.
• One of the most important aspects of my life is my involvement in sports such as basketball.  Playing basketball has raised my self-esteem numerous times because I feel good about myself and gain confidence when I execute the game plan and help out my team with meaningful contributions.  In an 8th grade basketball game against Dansville, for example, my tenacious defense led to the game-winning basket.  With less than one minute to play in the game, our coach told us to press.  Even though my legs were heavy and I was gasping for air, I dug down deep inside and blanketed my opponent, and as a result, I got my finger on a pass and tipped the ball to my teammate, who scored a basket as the buzzer sounded.  I think about this memory often when I feel like giving up because it reminds me that I can push myself even further.
• One of the most important aspects of my life is sports.

--discuss two common comments

--Transition

• Pick up an index card from the front table.

--Closure

• On your index card, revise and rewrite the sentence on the front board as per your learnings during the previous chunk of class time.
  

Oral Reading -- “Letter One" of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet (remainder of class)

--discuss the nature of a typical “first-draft” reading of a difficult text:

• A gist reading--“survival mode” in order to understand/comprehend the text on a literal level
• Ask the “curious questions”
• Basic comprehension is essential if any deeper understanding is to occur.
• Easier with some sort of defined purpose (therefore, often a purposeful reading)
• Most effective when it is still somewhat active reading (annotate: jot down curious questions, jot down notes related to your defined purpose, etc.)

--Transition--return your Cumulative Writing Portfolio and pick up a copy of the "'Letter One' of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet" document from the front table
--oral first-draft reading of "Letter One"

• Your purpose:
• Jot down curious questions on your personal copy of the text whenever such questions enter your mind (listen for them!)
• Underline key words/details and annotate with regard to these two questions:
• What does Rainer Maria Rilke, the author of this letter, say to "Sir" about what is important and meaningful to a person?
• What advice does Rilke give "Sir?"

HW Time (time permitting)

HW (Take-Home Assessment)

--Finish your work with Article of the Week #2, which is due at the beginning of class on Monday, 10/2 (ACE) or Tuesday, 10/3 (BDF).  This task will include purposefully reading the directions in the box at the top of the first page and completing your best work with regard to the directions.  Good luck!
HW (Class Preparation)
--Google Rainer Maria Rilke and scroll through your hits for a reliable source.  After clicking on a good source, find and write down two important facts about Rilke.  Come to class NEXT time (Thursday, 9/28 [ACE] or Friday, 9/29 [BDF]) prepared to share the information you have written down.
Miscellaneous
--Read your free reading book for at least 10 minutes between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  You have up until early-December to finish your book.