--Block 2 ACE: Please take out your copy of the "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document from the end of last class block.
--Block 2 BDF/Block 3 BDF: Pick up a copy of the "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document from the front table. After reading and discussing both the "Rationale" section and the "Directions" section together, we will view Gnomeo & Juliet until a few minutes remain in class. (FYI: We will continue our work with this film when we return from February Break!)
S. the C.
--oral reading of S.M.A.R.T. Goal index cards
- Though you are free to exercise your "Right to Pass", I encourage you to share anecdotes about your progress, hurdles you have encountered, successes, etc.!
- Our focal points with Gnomeo & Juliet:
- opening up a window into Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
- working toward mastery of a Reading Literature standard that we have not yet addressed
- continuing to "stay fresh" with regard to some of the work that we have been completing recently (e.g., reviewing and applying irony, reviewing and applying theme, etc.)
--jot down notes on your "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document for discussion upon our return from February Break
Closure
--In the last few minutes of class, we will briefly discuss the film via a "Ball Toss".
HW (Class Preparation)
--You are strongly advised to review your work with "The Cask of Amontillado" over the course of the next 1.5 weeks as preparation for an assessment that mirrors your work with this short story. This assessment will occur upon our return from February Break.
--Elementary school students and teachers have challenged themselves to read 10 (or more!) steps of free reading over February Break. A step equals 15 minutes, so 10 steps equals 150 minutes/2.5 hours. I challenge you to do the same! Remember that your free reading book must be finished by mid-March. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
- "Reading...a vacation for the mind..." (Dave Barry).
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy your vacation--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)
--Enjoy your vacation--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)
NEXT FEW WEEKS:
- Writing returned/revised in waves
- Wave 2--organization as per sample paragraphs for "The Cask of Amontillado"
- Wave 3--grammar hammer as per common errors
- Continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
- Gnomeo & Juliet
- continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
- opening a window into The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
- Short works--The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Unit
- Saki's "The Interlopers"
