--Turn in your finalized short story by placing it in the black basket on the front table.
S. the C.
--You should leave class today...
- with plans in place for improving your first major writing piece of the course (and having already begun the process of moving forward!)
- knowing more about some of your classmates (and, hopefully, appreciating them as a result!)
- with a better sense of what you might face when taking the NYS ELA Regents Examination in June of 2019
- understanding a test-taking strategy that you might consider implementing when taking the Regents (and other multiple choice assessments such as the ACT)
- with some literature analysis practice under your belt as we head in to our next unit of the course, which is geared around William Golding's literary work Lord of the Flies
Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two to three paragraphs. In your response, respond to the following question so as to reveal a theme statement (central idea) drawn from "The Masque of the Red Death": What seems to be Edgar Allan Poe's "thesis" about human nature/why people do what they do, say what they say, etc. as revealed in the story he tells? Then, analyze how Poe's use of characterization or symbolism (or...) helps develop his "thesis" about human nature. Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text to support your analysis, and be sure to tie back to your claim often.
--agenda/HW
Writing Workshop -- Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews
--introduction to/reminder of "The Four Cs of Quality Academic Writing" via PowerPoint
--What is the “gist” of the Cumulative Writing Portfolio again?
--read the “Feedback Analysis: Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews” document directions
--use of the “Feedback Analysis” document MODELED with a student introduction
--Transition
- Pick up the following items from the front table:
- a half index card
- your Cumulative Writing Portfolio, which contains your commented-upon “Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews” essay and the "Feedback Analysis: Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews" sheet
- Come up with a random nickname for yourself that I can use to convey information to the class in a non-threatening manner (e.g., Jonah Martin--"AI3"). Write both your first and last name and the nickname on your half-index card.
- During this time, students are encouraged to eventually work together in order to interpret feedback, help each other based on individual strengths, etc.
- DURING THIS TIME, I WILL COLLECT YOUR NICKNAMES.
- whole-group share-out (“I wrote…in the _____ category…” or “What exactly do you mean by…?”--items added under the appropriate categories on the front board and MODELING where appropriate--CONSIDER JOTTING DOWN ANY HELPFUL NOTES ON YOUR “FEEDBACK ANALYSIS” SHEET OR ON YOUR ESSAY ITSELF
- Would anyone like to schedule a meeting for a time slot during my office hours (posted on the front board)?
Brain Break -- Artifact Bags
Transition
--Please pick up a copy of the "Literature Analysis Practice/NYS ELA Regents Preparation" document from the front table.
Instruction/Discussion -- The NYS ELA Regents Examination, Test-taking, and Literature Analysis
Transition
--Please pick up a copy of the "Literature Analysis Practice/NYS ELA Regents Preparation" document from the front table.
Instruction/Discussion -- The NYS ELA Regents Examination, Test-taking, and Literature Analysis
--share (again?) last year's incentive plan for the NYS ELA Regents Examination
--test-taking strategy modeled--"setting up" the passage for purposeful reading!
--brief discussion
- Let's get a date on the calendar and get invitations out to current juniors!
- Better yet, let's make handwritten invitations...RIGHT NOW!
--test-taking strategy modeled--"setting up" the passage for purposeful reading!
--brief discussion
- share mark ups/notes in order to draw conclusions with regard to each of the prompts--continue marking up the text and jotting down notes underneath each prompt
- Pick up the corresponding multiple choice prompts from the front table.
- draw logical conclusions together for prompts where our earlier conclusions do not match, too
- What did you take away from the experience in which we just engaged that you can apply to the "Reading Comprehension" section of the NYS ELA Regents Examination?
Closure -- Ball Toss
--Take a look again at the list of "You should leave class with..." items. Then, in the form of no more than one specific sentence, show me and your peers that you are indeed "leaving with" something important from today's lesson.
--consider the following question:
--consider the following question:
- How might you change, improve, add to, etc. your current answer to the Essential Question based on today's discussion of Linda Hogan's excerpt from "We Are Many"?
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 11/15) (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 11/16-11/22 DUE TO THE HOLIDAY; HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL TRAIN THESE NEXT 7 DAYS (AND ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO DO SO IF YOU HAVE FALLEN BEHIND)! Writing
--Review your notes for "The Masque…" in preparation for completing an in-class writing assignment upon our return from the upcoming break.
--The due date for submitting a revised Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews essay for the Cumulative Writing Portfolio is Wednesday, 12/12 (approximately one month from today)--YOU MUST schedule a meeting with me to go over your revisions; simply handing in the revisions is unacceptable as per the protocol. When time permits, meetings can/will occur during class time.
HW (Class Preparation)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 11/16-11/22 DUE TO THE HOLIDAY; HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL TRAIN THESE NEXT 7 DAYS (AND ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO DO SO IF YOU HAVE FALLEN BEHIND)! Writing
--Review your notes for "The Masque…" in preparation for completing an in-class writing assignment upon our return from the upcoming break.
--The due date for submitting a revised Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews essay for the Cumulative Writing Portfolio is Wednesday, 12/12 (approximately one month from today)--YOU MUST schedule a meeting with me to go over your revisions; simply handing in the revisions is unacceptable as per the protocol. When time permits, meetings can/will occur during class time.
HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. You have up until early December to finish your book. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner:
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner:
- Introducing "Take a Stand" Activity and ThinkCERCA/Article of the Week purpose, framework, etc.
- tablet
- first Grammar Hammer
