--Please place your evidence of having purposefully re-read Stage 4 of "St. Lucy's..." on the floor next to your desk. Then, take out your free reading book and read for the first few minutes of class so that I can check your work prior to today's discussion activities.
--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:
- Jillian G.
--a note about the blog and Google Classroom
--You should leave class today...
- with a clearer sense of how to read literature purposefully--when annotating, what should I be writing?!
- much more deeply understanding Stage 4 of "St. Lucy's..." (and, as such, more deeply understanding the entire story)
- better prepared to craft a ready-to-support meaningful and complex theme statement for the short story.
End-of-Mini-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt:
Write a well-developed paragraph in which you support a meaningful and complex theme statement for Karen Russell's "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves." Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text, and be sure to tie back to your theme statement often.
--agenda/HW
Small-Group Discussion #1 -- Stage 4 of "St. Lucy's..." (30-40 mins.)
--directions MODELED with "THEME DEVELOPMENT" group--Transition
- get back into initial groups assigned at the end of last class block (same purposeful re-reading task)
- Bean
- Mahnke
- Romanowski
- Rowe
- Allison
- Krebbeks
- LaRue
- Minnehan, S.
- Bloser
- Cavallaro
- Cicero
- Duris
- Kretchmer
- Shaver
- Stahl
- Countryman
- Genthner
- Kearney
- Marsh
- Barnard
- Castrovinci
- Neyhart
- Bogue
- Field
- Litteer
- Neckers
- Sexton
- Yamin
- Maxwell
- Miller, A.
- Stewart
- Bernard
- Forbes
- Wagner
- Fitzgerald
- French
- Hensler
- Lane
- Minnehan, A.
- Abrey
- Donnelly
- Marshall
- Henderson-Schultz
- Parker
- Williamson
- Gunn
- Hoffere
- Leverson
- Miller, M.
- VanZandt
- share purposeful re-reading notes already completed with each other (10 mins.)
- finish purposeful re-reading task together (5-10 mins.)
- Transition (1-2 mins.)
- Pick up a copy of the "Stage 4 Discussion Highlights" halfsheet from the front table.
- Closure (5-10 mins.)
- complete halfsheet task as directed
--next groups assigned (different purposeful re-reading tasks--SEE INDEX CARD)
Small-Group Discussion #2 -- Stage 4 of "St. Lucy's..." (until 30-ish mins. remaining [5-ish to 10-ish mins. total])
--engage in discussion and note-taking as directed:
- task-by-task, quickly share first highlight with each other--continue in this manner until as many highlights as possible are shared or time runs out
- You are encouraged to challenge ideas and conclusions shared, especially in instances where dissent occurs.
Transition (1-2 mins.)
--Send a group spokesperson up to the front of the classroom to pick up index cards for today's comprehension check.
Comprehension Check/Whole-Class Discussion -- "Stage 4 Comprehension and Purposeful Reading Quiz" (remainder of class)
--directions given:
--You are expected to select your next free reading book by the beginning of NEXT class (Monday, 12/11 [ACE]/Tuesday, 12/12 [BDF]). Please see me if you would like help and/or a recommendation! ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
--If you have already selected a free reading book, aim to read at least 10 pages between now and next class. "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body" (Joseph Addison).
--Send a group spokesperson up to the front of the classroom to pick up index cards for today's comprehension check.
Comprehension Check/Whole-Class Discussion -- "Stage 4 Comprehension and Purposeful Reading Quiz" (remainder of class)
--directions given:
- quietly come to consensus for each multiple choice question--reveal response upon hearing the word "reveal"
- following each question, we will discuss correct/incorrect responses and continue marking up the text (PICK BACK UP HERE IN BLOCK 2 ACE WITH #10)
--You are expected to select your next free reading book by the beginning of NEXT class (Monday, 12/11 [ACE]/Tuesday, 12/12 [BDF]). Please see me if you would like help and/or a recommendation! ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
--If you have already selected a free reading book, aim to read at least 10 pages between now and next class. "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body" (Joseph Addison).
