--Pick up a copy of the halfsheet titled "Poetry Protocol--'Poetry Writing Assignment #1'" from the front table. Quickly read the document and mentally respond to the following question:
- Will you work with your poem today or a peer's poem?
--After poems are handed out, complete the task at hand quietly and independently until the timer sounds. Then, place the poem that you annotated back in the black basket on the front table.
Transition
--Pick up a copy of the "Learning Conventions of Literature via Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor" sheet from the front table. Purposefully read the document so that you know what is coming up for the remainder of today's class block, and take note of any questions that you have so that I can clarify your task.
S. the C.
--agenda/rationale behind our current endeavors/HW
- When working with your peers today, keep this overarching question in mind:
- What should we be looking for and discussing when analyzing William Golding's Lord of the Flies?
--Q & A about the activity directions
--Transition--pick up the necessary materials from the front of the classroom:
- a copy of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- "Convention of Literature Notes" document
- "Convention of Literature T-chart" that corresponds with your assigned convention
--groups randomly selected via a drawing of cards/group spokesperson draws a convention from the "Helmet O' Destiny"
--quiet and independent work time for approximately 10 minutes to "get the party started"
--"anchor in" to the "Compact for Group Work"
--finish purposefully reading
--determine "plan of attack" for preparing lesson
--prepare lesson
--begin teaching lessons/notetaking?
DEAR -- Free Reading Books
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
HW (Class Preparation)
--begin teaching lessons/notetaking?
DEAR -- Free Reading Books
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 2/15. If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #5, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
--Complete "Article of the Week" #3 as directed for submission at the start of NEXT CLASS (Thursday, 2/15 [ACE] or Friday, 2/16 [BDF]). FYI: You will be asked to staple Article of the Week #2 to the back of your "Article of the Week" #3.
Writing
--Consider doing the following if you have not already done so:
--Complete "Article of the Week" #3 as directed for submission at the start of NEXT CLASS (Thursday, 2/15 [ACE] or Friday, 2/16 [BDF]). FYI: You will be asked to staple Article of the Week #2 to the back of your "Article of the Week" #3.
Writing
--Consider doing the following if you have not already done so:
- Reread your short story with "fresh eyes", taking note of any annotations that I have included on your draft.
- Access the electronic version of your short story and begin revising it.
--Review your notes from today's class bearing in mind that we will engage in yet another "What to Look for in Lord of the Flies" discussion prior to moving forward further in the novel! You are not yet expected to read any further in Lord of the Flies (unless you want to!).
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. Your book must be finished by mid-March. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
On the Backburner
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. Your book must be finished by mid-March. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
- "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them" (Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451).
--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal. Your deadline is likely approaching!
On the Backburner
- group writing assignment back
- where we're headed
- begin literary conventions work
