English 10 Honors--3/22/2018 & 3/23/2018

Jump Off

--Pick up a copy of the "Poetry Analysis Practice--'In the Wild' Multiple Choice" document from the front table.  After everyone has read the directions, I will model a little bit on the front board to help you get started.
--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:

• Storme S.

THINK -- Poetry Analysis Practice--"In the Wild" Multiple Choice
--complete active/purposeful reading quietly and independently

PAIR -- Poetry Analysis Practice--"In the Wild" Multiple Choice (cont.)
--in partnerships randomly selected via a drawing of cards, compare/share your markings/notes:

• For which prompts do you have a consensus?
• For which do you not?
• For those prompts where you do not have a consensus, talk together and see if you can come to one.  TAKE IT TO THE TEXT!

SHARE -- Poetry Analysis Practice--Excerpt from "A Mink of One's Own" Multiple Choice (cont.)

--whole-class share-out via a drawing of cards

• As sharing occurs, I will mark up the copy of the text on the SMART Board--feel free to continue marking up your copy of the text accordingly as practice!

Transition

--"Midterm" Examinations handed back (again)

Closure #1 -- Moving Forward from the "Midterm" Examination

--further information about contextualizing your scores

--sharing performance on #1-10 (Block 1 BDF) and/or #11-14

--Q & A #1 (You can exercise your right to pass!) (Block 1 BDF)

• What kind of mood are you in right now?  Why?

--a brief musical interlude--Limp Bizkit's "Counterfeit" (Block 1 BDF)

--Q & A #2 (You can exercise your right to pass!) (Block 1 BDF)

• What kind of mood are you in right now?  Why?

--correct answers shared for #1-10 (Block 1 BDF)

• Prior to #9, review the literary element of MOOD.  How do reader's determine MOOD in literature?

--notes on the front board shared as review (MOOD, THEME, and THEME STATEMENT)

• Connect notes about THEME to #12 and to transition into next phase of the lesson.

Transition

--Please pick up your copy of the "Grammar Hammer Application/Article of the Week #4" document from the front table.  Please be aware that as I went through your work, I was not looking for perfection; instead, I was making sure that you engaged with the text in order to maybe, just maybe, get a little bit better at grammar than you were before you dealt with the document.  Also, I used your notes to help me finalize an "official" list of what to look for in Lord of the Flies when we pick back up with our analysis of the text upon our return from Spring Break.

Writing Workshop -- Editing as per the Grammar Hammer
--Reminder: The standards that we are working toward mastering read as follows:

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.

--go over "Grammar Hammer Application/Article of the Week #4" via modeling on the SMART Board
--quietly and independently, edit your literary analysis writing piece as per the grammar hammer

• I will model a little bit on the front board to help you get started.

Closure #2 -- Literary Analysis Pointers

• quiet and independent commentary analysis (think in terms of "PROS" and "GROWS")
• Q & A
• read exemplary response together, pointing out its merits
• consider the "characterization develops theme" approach in order to lessen the potential for "confused" analysis (the most common "cause" of "2s" and "3s")

Transition

--"Midterm" Examinations placed back in the black basket

Closure #3 -- Ball Toss (time permitting)

• "Today, I learned/realized that..."

HW Time (time permitting)

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Block 4 ACE: Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (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).
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 3/29).  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, fully revised short story or poem is due Monday, 3/26 (ACE)/Tuesday, 3/27 (BDF).  See your "Preparing for the GVEP Literary Contest" document for additional information.

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your memoir between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR MEMOIR TO CLASS!  These next two marking periods, I will randomly check for books and include your level of preparation in my reporting via Schooltool.
--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
  

Moving On with LotF (time permitting)

· think-aloud--SNAKES

· discussion activity with Chapters 1-3

ouse "what to look for" document and quizzes

· begin reading/thinking aloud with Chapter 4