English 10 Honors--12/11/2017 & 12/12/2017

Jump Off (3-5 mins.)
--Please pick up a copy of the "Writing an Academic Argument" sheet from the front table.  Then, back at your desk, do the following:

• Place your free reading book for Marking Period 3 and Marking Period 4 on the floor next to your desk so that I can easily access it in order to write down the title.
• Purposefully read the "Writing an Academic Argument" sheet.  What questions can I answer before you begin working in earnest on "Task #1"?

--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:

• Ian W.

S. the C. #1 (3-5 mins.)
--quick Q & A/MODELING before working quietly and independently on "Task #1" of the "Writing an Academic Argument" sheet

Think -- Writing an Academic Argument (10 mins.)
--complete "Task #1" quietly and independently

S. the C. #2 (8-10 mins.)
--4 ACE: Mrs. McMahon introduction
--rationale behind today's lesson
--Beginning with the end in mind:

End-of-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt:
Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two to three paragraphs.  In your response, respond to the following question so as to reveal a theme statement (central idea) of Animal Farm: What is George Orwell's "thesis" about human nature as revealed in the story he tells?  Then, analyze how Orwell's use of symbolism helps develop his "thesis" about human nature.  Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text to support your analysis, and be sure to tie back to your claim often.

--You should leave class today...

• having moved forward with regard to your ability to write an academic argument (what to include, how to organize, etc.)
• Your ability to write an academic argument will be assessed via the take-home assessment under the "Writing" heading.
• with a rough plan in place for moving forward as an active/purposeful reader of informational text
• Your ability to actively/purposefully read informational text will be assessed as part of Article of the Week #2.
• with a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the importance of source awareness/credibility.

--You might leave class today...

• with a rough meaningful and complex theme statement for George Orwell's Animal Farm.
• The quality of your theme statement will be assessed as a component of the "End-of-Unit Assessment" writing piece.

--agenda/HW

Pair -- Writing an Academic Argument (10-15 mins.)
--"anchor in" to our "Compact for Group Work"
--share progress with each other in preparation for a whole-class share-out in which we outline/begin writing the argument together
--continue working on "Task #1"

Transition (1-2 mins.)
--Form a horseshoe out of the desks in front of the southside of the front board.

Share/Instruction/Note-taking -- Writing an Academic Argument (until 10 mins. remaining in class)
--outline/begin writing argument together on the front board (PICK BACK UP HERE BY SHARING MATERIALS FOR METHOD A AND METHOD B)

• During this portion of class, please complete "Task #2" on the back of your "Writing an Academic Argument" sheet.

--Closure -- T-P-S

• Thematically, what do you think that George Orwell is ultimately suggesting?

Old Business/Application Activity/HW Time -- Article of the Week #1
--take a look at sample student work via SMART Notebook:

• highlighter analysis explained
• applauding reader for picking up on sensationalism

--Transition

• Pick up your copy of Article of the Week #1 from the front table.

--look back through your active/purposeful reading of Article of the Week #1

• What are my "GROWS" for AoW #2?

--re-read your argument writing piece, bearing in mind today's "Writing an Academic Argument" work

• How can I strengthen this argument?

--quietly and independently work on the take-home assessment due next class

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)

--Complete a total of 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 12/14.  If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #4, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!  

• "There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book" (Frank Serafini, author of The Reading Workshop)

Writing
--THIS ASSIGNMENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK IN BOTH CLASS BLOCKS!!!  Using your Article of the Week #1 argumentative writing piece as a starting point and bearing in mind today's "Writing an Academic Argument" work, type in MLA format a two-paragraph argument of no more than 750 words in response to the following question: Should we (Mr. and Mrs. Martin) or should we not buy our oldest son, six-year-old Caleb, a tablet for Christmas this year?  When scoring and/or providing growth-oriented feedback upon your written work, I will have the following framework in mind:

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