English 10 Honors--5/11/2018 & 5/14/2018

Jump Off
--Please clear your desk of all but your notebook and a writing utensil.

S. the C.
--??????????
--agenda/HW

Discussion Preparation -- What is Your "Why?"?/Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist up to page 87
--view the following talks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBs6YGPAu4&t=197s

• Jot down notes about what resonates with you while viewing the talks, considering the questions that overarch our course:
• Why do people say what they say, do what they do, etc.?
• What are human beings really like?
• What is your "why?"?

Transition #1

--Pick up a copy of each of the following from the front table: 

• the "The Quest for Your 'Why?'" sheet
• the "The Alchemist up to page 87--Have you..." sheet 

Beginning with the "The Quest..." sheet, use each of the sheets and your reading notes for The Alchemist to prepare for today's circle discussion.

Transition #2

--form an alphabetical-by-third-letter-in-your-name circle out of the desks

Discussion -- What is Your "Why?"?/Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist up to page 87 (remainder of class-ish)

--engage in discussion via the protocol (all must contribute once before any second contributions)--today's contributions will be assessed via the "Discussion Contribution Rating Scale"

Items for discussion:

• Notes from talks
• Your "why?"
• Active/purposeful reading notes, paying particular attention to the items on the Have you... sheet

HW Time (time permitting)

HW (Class Preparation)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 5/17.  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 (Take-Home Assessment)

--Complete your best work as directed for Article of the Week #5.  Your active/purposeful reading and paragraph response are due for submission at the beginning of NEXT CLASS (Tuesday, 5/15 [ACE] or Wednesday, 5/16 [BDF]).

HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)

--Read The Alchemist up to the end of page 104 by the beginning of NEXT CLASS (Tuesday, 5/15 [ACE] or Wednesday, 5/16 [BDF]).  Demonstrate your best skill level in reading actively/purposefully via the Post-it Note strategy (or notes in a notebook or...), and expect any or all of the following to occur next time that we meet:

• collection of your Post-its for assessment purposes
• a "60/40" reading assessment
• a discussion geared around your Post-its 

--Remember that I reserve the right to conduct a reading assessment at any time. It would be in your best interest to continuously review your reading notes for The Alchemist and any related materials. You are expected to both understand and apply your understandings of certain terms/concepts to your reading of the novella (in addition to the typical terms/concepts such as setting, symbolism, theme, etc.): allegory, allusion, aphorism, Christ(ological) figure, Coelho's "Four Obstacles" Philosophy, dilemma, everyman, fable, foil, genre, geography, interior monologue, leitmotif, literary blindness, literary communion, literary vampire, magical realism, marked for greatness, monomyth (hero's journey), motif, myth, paradox, and quest. A sample assessment question/prompt, then, might look like the following:

• How is Paulo Coelho's novella The Alchemist a blending of several literary modes/genres? Consider using any or all of the following terms in your response: genre, allegory, fable, and magical realism. What is one likely purpose Coelho was looking to fulfill when he decided to tell such a story?

HW (Writing)

--Continue thinking about (and, quite frankly, consider beginning working on) the End-of-Course Assignment--you do not want to wait too long to get started on this!
Miscellaneous

--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!  This final marking period, I will randomly check for books and include your level of preparation in my reporting via Schooltool.
--Block 4 ACE: Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
*I AM AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH DAILY FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ONE-ON-ONE (ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STRUGGLING--BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND TAKE INITIATIVE!).*