--Please take out your copy of Article of the Week #5 and pick up a BLUE, PINK, YELLOW, and ORANGE highlighter from the box on the front table.
S. the C.
--Reminder: The following Room 203 policies are in place as per the "Important Information" document reviewed at the start of the school year":
- When a take-home assessment for collection (e.g., the active/purposeful reading component of AoW #5) is not turned in on time or not entirely completed, you will not receive credit and must come in for homeroom detention the following day, a block of time during which you are expected to wrap up your work. Failure to stay for homeroom will result in a referral for central detention. You will not receive full credit for a take-home assessment turned in late. At best, your efforts will earn you an ineffective score of 64%.
- If you do not have a writing piece (e.g., the written response for AoW #5) completed and turned in on time, you will be required to come in after school with me to work on completing the assignment and, depending on my schedule, receive assistance. (The exception here would be if you have already stayed for homeroom and completed and turned in the assignment.) I expect you to continue coming in after school until the assignment is completed and turned in. As with homework assignments, failure to stay with me will result in central detention(s). Writing pieces will be marked 10% off per day late.
--Reminder: Beginning with the end in mind--our ultimate purpose when dealing with The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (especially when closely re-reading sections of the play, as we will do during today's class block):
ROUGH End-of-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt:
Write a multi-paragraph essay in which you argue the extent to which both Romeo and Juliet are impulsive by analyzing their behaviors during similar circumstances. Then, answer the "so what" question: So what?! Who cares?! Why does this matter?!
--agenda/HW
Writing Workshop -- Article of the Week #5 Written Response Editing/Revisions
--mark up, edit, and revise your work as per the directions in SMART Notebook and corresponding modeling on the whiteboard
Transition
--Submit your best work for Article of the Week #5 by placing your document in the black basket on the front table. Please bear in mind the Room 203 policies surrounding missing/incomplete work about which you were reminded earlier in the class block.
Activity -- Debate Circle
Step #1: Debate Preparation--Phase One
- What do I mean when I say, "Think like a trial lawyer!"?
- task modeled with a "folder" about Act I (if necessary--SEE POWERPOINT)
- groups formed via a drawing of cards
- folders distributed
- group work time "anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work"
- share rubric used during closure for further "anchoring in" (SEE SAME POWERPOINT)
--Re-column the desks and pick up the "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet End-0f-Unit Essay" sheet.
Looking Ahead/Closure (remainder of class)
--oral reading of assignment sheet/Q & A
HW (Class Preparation)
--Consider reviewing your work from last class block with the "targets" in mind.
--Begin/continue thinking about and preparing for the End-0f-Unit Essay.
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book 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.
Miscellaneous--As always, whatever we do not finish in class today, you can expect to finish next class!
