Jump Off
--Please pick up a copy of the "NYS Regents Examination in English Language Arts" sheet from the front table. Give the sheet a quick scan while I take attendance. Then, form a circle.
S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--one final "Human Nature in Memoirs Symposium" contribution
--re-column the desks
Symposium Closure -- Updating Claims
--Open up your notebook to a clean sheet of paper. Date the page (4/26/2018) and label this section of your notes "My Current Answer to the Essential 'Question'". Then, thoughtfully respond to the following questions:
- complete an "Appreciating Others" slip
--re-column the desks
Symposium Closure -- Updating Claims
--Open up your notebook to a clean sheet of paper. Date the page (4/26/2018) and label this section of your notes "My Current Answer to the Essential 'Question'". Then, thoughtfully respond to the following questions:
- After engaging in our symposium, what is your current philosophy regarding human nature? (Here are some of the related questions that we have considered throughout the course: Why do people say what they say, do what they do, etc.? What are human beings really like?) After some thought--I encourage you to look through any notes you might have taken during our symposium--, write your updated claim about human nature in your notebook. Re-read and revise your claim as necessary.
- Pick up the following items from the front table:
- your poster that has been hung on the greenboard for the past few months
- a good-smelling marker or two
- a sheet of computer paper
--Write your claim neatly in marker(s) on your sheet of computer paper. Place your poster in the black basket on the front table when you finish.
Transition
--Please spend the next 5-ish minutes of class establishing (a) rough goal(s) for today's work block (e.g., read 15 pages, write a journal entry, pick out two songs and write brief connection paragraphs for each, etc.). Make sure to be realistic as per the amount of time left in class.
Planning/Work Block -- Memoir Project
--oral reading of "NYS Regents Examination in English Language Arts" sheet
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 4/26). If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #6, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
Transition
--Please spend the next 5-ish minutes of class establishing (a) rough goal(s) for today's work block (e.g., read 15 pages, write a journal entry, pick out two songs and write brief connection paragraphs for each, etc.). Make sure to be realistic as per the amount of time left in class.
Planning/Work Block -- Memoir Project
--oral reading of "NYS Regents Examination in English Language Arts" sheet
- Q & A
- WE MUST ADD SOME SORT OF WRITING COMPONENT TO THE MEMOIR PROJECT!
- whole-class brainstorming
--goals shared
--work time
Closure (last 5 mins.)
--evidence of having achieved goals shared (e.g., a 3-sentence summary of what you read, your journal entry, your song selections and brief connection paragraphs, etc.)
--work time
Closure (last 5 mins.)
--evidence of having achieved goals shared (e.g., a 3-sentence summary of what you read, your journal entry, your song selections and brief connection paragraphs, etc.)
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 4/26). If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #6, you will not be permitted to take the quiz until you catch up (see the "Membean Routine" document).
HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book (memoir still?!) between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! These last two marking periods, I will randomly check for books and include your level of preparation in my reporting via Schooltool.
--Move forward with regard to your Memoir Project (e.g., create a calendar [if you have not already done so], set rough [or, better yet, S.M.A.R.T.!] goals, and hold yourself accountable for achieving your goals.
--Please continue bringing your copy of Lord of the Flies to class.
