English 10 Honors--3/28/2018 & 3/29/2018

Jump Off

--Please pick up each of the following from the front table:

• your copy of the "Grammar Hammer Application/Article of the Week #4" document from the front table.
• the "Essay Booklet" document with sample writing pieces in it
• your "Midterm" Examination packet
• the "Feedback Analysis: Argumentative Writing Piece and Literary Analysis Writing Piece" sheet
• the "Spring Into Reading Challenge" document

S. the C.

--agenda/HW

Writing Workshop -- Moving Forward from the "Midterm" Examination--Argumentative Writing and Literary Analysis Writing

--During the first half of the class block, complete the following checklist:

• Go over "Grammar Hammer Application/Article of the Week #4" via modeling on the SMART Board.
• 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.
• Quietly and independently, purposefully read each of the quality writing pieces from the midterm ("Essay Booklet" document), your purpose being to engage in small group discussion about your observations, thoughts, etc.  Though neither of these writing pieces is perfect, both "stood out" to me as I scored the "Midterm" Examination.  Why do you suppose this was the case?
• In groups of two-three, engage in discussion about each of the writing pieces.
• Return to your desks and engage in self-reflection about your own writing pieces using the "Feedback Analysis: Argumentative Writing Piece and Literary Analysis Writing Piece" sheet.  (You know the drill--we've done this several times before!)
• When you finish, keep your feedback analysis sheet, but place your examination packet back on the front table.
• Read the "Spring Into Reading Challenge" document so that you know exactly what you are being invited to do over Spring Break.

Transition

--Take out your Hooked on Books book and get comfortable!

HOOKED ON BOOKS

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on 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).
HW (Class Preparation)

--Strongly consider completing the "Spring Into Reading Challenge" as per the document you received at the start of today's class block.  At the very least, read 20-30 pages of your memoir over Spring Break.  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. (We might be abandoning our work with the text after Spring Break! :\ ).
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy Spring Breaks--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)