English 9--10/12/2017 & 10/13/2017

Jump Off (1-2 mins.)
--Today's formal assessment about Rilke's letter aims to assess your ability to hit the following targets:

When reading nonfiction, I can...

• pick out the author's main point (central idea)
• pick out the important details that the author uses that connect back to his/her main point
• explain how the author's details connect back to his/her main point
• tell how the author feels about the topic he/she is writing about (tone)
• pick out words that show how the author feels about the topic
• explain how the author's word choices show how he/she feels about the topic.

Please pick up a copy of the "Mini-Unit Standards Assessment--RI.2, RI.3, and RI.4" document from the front table.  Complete the task at hand to the best of your ability.  Good luck!

*AS YOU WORK, I WILL DELIVER A PICTURE AND/OR WORD TO YOU FOR USE LATER IN THE CLASS BLOCK.*

Assessment -- "Mini-Unit Standards Assessment--RI.2, RI.3, and RI.4" (15-30 mins.)

--When you finish your assessment, place your work in the black basket on the front table.  Then, engage in free reading until all of your classmates are finished.

DEAR -- Free Reading Books (0-15 mins.)

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--agenda/HW

Transition (3-5 mins.)
--Pick up a copy of the document titled "Parts of Speech Review" from the front table and flip to the second page, which contains a chart.  Then, using your background knowledge, begin filling in the chart to help us transition into the next part of today's lesson.

Review Activity/Instruction -- The Grammar Hammer--Parts of Speech Review (30-35 mins.)
--drop the hammer--share routine/rationale with students and link to the writing that we've done so far this year and vocabulary

Control of Conventions: the extent to which the writing piece demonstrates command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

--whole group: begin populating chart on SmartBoard as per background knowledge (write in notes on your copy)
--independent: listen to the following rap and continue adding to your copy of the chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uRQtDaV3tM

--whole group: continue populating chart on SmartBoard as per rap (write in notes on your copy)
--directions given for next part of activity

• using your collective knowledge and understanding, congregate in the appropriate areas of the classroom

--whole group: share out in order to finish populating chart

--Transition/Closure

• independent: return to desks and finish your copy of the chart

Transition (5-8 mins.)
--After putting away your "Parts of Speech Review" document in the "Grammar Hammer" section of your binder, pick up a highlighter and the "Parts of Speech--Ticket-Out-the-Door" document from the front table.  Complete the ticket-out-the-door quietly and independently.  Good luck!
*AS YOU WORK, I WILL PREPARE SOME SLIDES FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF TODAY'S LESSON AND BRING YOU A TILE, AN EXPO MARKER, AND A TISSUE SCRAP FOR ERASING.*

Comprehension Check/Ticket-Out-the-Door -- The Grammar Hammer--Parts of Speech TILES (remainder of class [time permitting])
--directions given for activity

--indicate ticket-out-the-door responses as directed by the PowerPoint slides/take any necessary notes

HW (Class Preparation)

--Next "Grammar Hammer" week, in addition to learning about a common error (both how to spot and fix the error), I will also formally check on your knowledge and understanding of the eight parts of speech.  It might be in your best interest to begin reviewing via the following website if you struggled on today's ticket-out-the-door: 

http://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hypergrammar/the-parts-of-speech/review-parts-of-speech

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.