--Please pick up a copy of the "Preparing for the GVEP Literary Contest" document from the front table. As soon as I have inputted attendance, we will read this document together and engage in a Q & A.
S. the C.
--Q &A
--agenda/HW
"Assessment"/DEAR -- Free Reading Books
--If you have not yet fulfilled the Free Reading Course Component for Marking Period 3 and Marking Period 4 (e.g., turned in a one-pager), select and complete a one-pager over the course of the next 30-ish minutes.
--If you have already fulfilled this requirement, you are expected to take out your current free reading book, settle in, and engage in free reading. If you do not have a book with you today, read Upfront newsmagazine.
--FYI: For the final two marking periods of the school year, you must read a memoir. We are heading to the library next week to further discuss this circumstance and select books and/or engage in free reading.
*DURING THIS BLOCK OF TIME, I WILL MEET WITH STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY TO DISCUSS CURRENT PERFORMANCE IN THE COURSE AS WE WIND DOWN MARKING PERIOD 4.*
Instruction -- Missing Comma(s) with a Nonessential Element
--introduction to rule via "police lineup"
--Transition
- After a ceremonial dropping of the grammar hammer via a drawn card, pick up a copy of the "The Grammar Hammer--Common Error: Missing comma(s) with a nonessential element" sheet from the front table. We will purposefully read through the top two-thirds of the first page together.
--mindful completion of the PRACTICE--go over the PRACTICE via the SMART Board
--For HW, if you feel it is necessary, read through the packet of additional information pertaining to this error and complete PRACTICE #4 (located in a manila folder in the "Grammar Hammer Extras" area of the classroom). These instructional materials and practices are meant to help you master the standards listed below. A quiz about this error will take place NEXT CLASS.
English 10 Honors students...
- demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, and punctuation.
- apply knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning or style.
- strengthen writing as needed by editing or trying a new approach.
- use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
HW Time (time permitting)
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 3/22. 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).
Writing
--Your properly formatted, partially revised short story or poem is due Tuesday, 3/20 (ACE)/Wednesday, 3/21 (BDF). See your "Preparing for the GVEP Literary Contest" document for additional information.
HW (Class Preparation)
--Block 4 ACE:
--If you feel it is necessary, read through the packet of additional information pertaining to today's common grammar error and complete PRACTICE #4 (located in a manila folder in the "Grammar Hammer Extras" area of the classroom). A quiz about this error will take place NEXT CLASS.
--You are still not yet expected to read any further in Lord of the Flies (unless you want to!).
On the backburner:
Writing
--Your properly formatted, partially revised short story or poem is due Tuesday, 3/20 (ACE)/Wednesday, 3/21 (BDF). See your "Preparing for the GVEP Literary Contest" document for additional information.
HW (Class Preparation)
--Block 4 ACE:
- If you are planning on leaving a voicemail "book talk", you must do so by 11:59 PM TODAY.
- If you are planning on delivering an in-person book talk, you must do so by the end of the after-school period TODAY (unless we have made other arrangements).
--If you feel it is necessary, read through the packet of additional information pertaining to today's common grammar error and complete PRACTICE #4 (located in a manila folder in the "Grammar Hammer Extras" area of the classroom). A quiz about this error will take place NEXT CLASS.
--You are still not yet expected to read any further in Lord of the Flies (unless you want to!).
On the backburner:
- "Madness" done in class upon submission of revisions
