--Seat yourselves alphabetically by looking at the name lists taped to the first desk in each column.
--Pick up a copy of the "End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment" document from the front table and purposefully read the directions on the top two-thirds of the first page quietly and independently. It is also in your best interest to familiarize yourself with the rubric, which is included as the last page of the document. What questions (if any) do you have for me?
S. the C. (8-10 mins.)
--You should leave class today...
- with the End-of-Mini-Unit Writing Assessment completed
- further along in your free reading book than you currently are (time permitting).
--agenda/HW
- invite students to pick up the following sheets from the front table, which might aid them in producing their best work:
- "Exemplary Theme Statement Paragraph"
- "Introducing Quoted Material"
- information on the whiteboard pointed out/briefly explained:
- grammar rules for introducing quoted material (which corresponds with the "Introducing Quoted Material" sheet)
- correctly using parenthetical references
- putting quotation marks around a short story title
- presenting evidence via a variety of methods
- quoting a quote
--Q & A
Assessment -- End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment (remainder of class)
--complete the assessment as directed to the best of your ability
--When you finish, turn in your paragraph by placing it in the black basket on the front table and engage in free reading until the end of the class block.
DEAR -- Free Reading Books (remainder of class/time permitting)
--all students should have a book to read, but any who do not will...
--When you finish, turn in your paragraph by placing it in the black basket on the front table and engage in free reading until the end of the class block.
DEAR -- Free Reading Books (remainder of class/time permitting)
--all students should have a book to read, but any who do not will...
- have their names written down so that accurate information about responsibility is reported at the end of Marking Period 3
- read a copy of Upfront newsmagazine, which is located in a stack on the front table.
- "In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice" (Edmund Wilson, The Triple Thinkers).
