English 10 Honors--1/2/2018 & 1/3/2018

Jump Off (2 mins.)
--Take out your notebook and date the page (1/2/2018 [ACE] or 1/3/2018 [BDF]).  At the start of class today, we will bounce back and forth between me giving you a prompt and you doing some writing (hence the need for lined paper!).
--Please SEE ME at the end of class today before leaving:

• Leah E.

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--agenda/HW

Thinking, Writing, and Speaking Activity -- Time Machines and S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Part 1--Time Machines (15-20 mins.)
--write for 3-5 minutes in response to each of the four related prompts
--Transition--form partnerships
--partner share (30 seconds per partner)
--Transition--return to desks
--whole-class share-out (30 seconds per volunteer)
--When we finish this part of the activity, draw a line in your notebook underneath your writing.  Then, label the next section of your notes "S.M.A.R.T. Goals".
Part 2--S.M.A.R.T. Goals (20-25 mins.)
--How many of you know someone who set a New Year's resolution over the weekend?  How many of you set one yourself?

--link the concept of New Year's resolutions to both Part 1 of today's activity and setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals

• S.M.A.R.T. Goal acronym explained/notes written on front board/sample S.M.A.R.T. Goal (mine) crafted

--Transition--pick up a copy of the "Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals..." document from the front table
--set one S.M.A.R.T. Goal for 2018 that relates to Part 1 of today's activity

• As you work, I will refine my S.M.A.R.T. Goal (if necessary) and circulate throughout the classroom in the hopes of helping you out!

--Transition--pick up an index card from the front table and form partnerships
--partner share (30 seconds per partner)
Closure (5-8 mins.)

• Write your first and last name at the top of your index card.  Then, write your S.M.A.R.T. Goal down on your index card.  When you finish, place your index card in the black basket on the front table and pick up a copy of the "Poetry Analysis Practice" document from the front table.

Poetry Analysis Practice Activity -- "On Living" (15-20 mins.)--DID NOT GET TO IN BOTH BLOCKS--COMPLETE NEXT CLASS

--After purposefully reading the directions at the top of the "Poetry Analysis Practice" document, complete the task at hand until I hand you another document and instruct you to move forward with the multiple choice.

Closure -- Ball Toss

--go over practice
--consider the following question:

• How might you change, improve, add to, etc. your current answer to the Essential Question based on your understanding of Nazim Hikmet's "On Living"?

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 1/11.  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 Participation)

--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.

• "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are" (Mason Cooley).

Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this year!