English 10--11/26/2018

Jump Off
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  After logging in, log in to Membean. 

• If you were HERE the class day before break, set up and complete a 15-minute training session.  Once you finish training, take out your book and engage in free reading until you receive further instructions.
• If you were ABSENT the class day before break, a quiz will deploy for you to complete.  Good luck!  Once you finish the quiz, set up and complete either a 5-minute or 10-minute training session depending on time. 

--FYI: Today, the expectation is that you engage in free reading each time that you finish a task with time to spare.  In the event that you are not meeting this expectation, what should I do?
--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:

• Sarah B.
• Steffan G.
• Ryan M.
• Jaelee R.
• Dawson S.

Transition

--Please pick up a copy of the "Free Reading--Course Component Fulfillment Options for Marking Periods 1 and 2" sheet from the front table.

Looking Ahead/S. the C.
--oral reading of assignment sheet/Q & A
--agenda/HW

Transition

--Please take out the following:

• your copy of Animal Farm
• any notes you took while reading the novella
• your "Allegory Assessment"
• your partially completed copies of the "Writing Paragraphs" document from two classes ago

Writing Workshop (cont.) (Phase 2) -- Animal Farm Unit--End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)

--Complete the following steps:

• Reread the task:
• Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two paragraphs.  In your response, respond to the following question so as to reveal a theme statement (central idea) drawn from Animal Farm: What is George Orwell'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 Orwell's characterization of at least one important character helps develop the theme statement that you crafted.  Use strong and thorough textual evidence spanning the entire text, and make sure that you reason through your evidence by tying back to your claim(s) often.  Good luck!
• Reminder: A recommendation for cohesive organization exists on the whiteboard!
• MODEL today's "Phase 2" steps with a sample writing piece in response to the same prompt about Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".
• Get back into groups (SEE THE WHITEBOARD FOR A REMINDER OF GROUPINGS).
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• reread the topic sentence(s) for your first body paragraph.
• Remember that all group members must complete the template.  As closure, I will ask for submission of a copy at random from one group member.
• "divide" and conquer the evidence-gathering process for the first body paragraph by assigning each other a page range and template section upon which to write.
• Quietly and independently back at your own desk, search for the strongest piece of textual evidence in your page range in support of your group's theme statement.  Carefully copy the direct quotation on the lines in your assigned template section.  DO NOT WRITE A TIEBACK FOR YOUR PIECE OF EVIDENCE!  

Brain Break -- Mum Ball

Writing Workshop (cont.) (Phase 3) -- Animal Farm Unit--End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)
--Complete the following steps:

• MODEL today's "Phase 3" steps with a sample writing piece in response to the same prompt about Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".
• Get back into groups.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• "rotate" templates (e.g., Sarah's to Jax, Jax's to Cameron, and Cameron's to Sarah)
• Quietly and independently back at your own desk, write a (multi-sentence?!) tieback for your group member's direct quotation.  Strongly consider the following questions:
• Based on the paragraph's purpose (as established in the claim), why did your group member select this direct quotation?
• This quotation suggest that... because...
• This idea relates back to the claim that... because...
• How does this direct quotation relate back to paragraph's purpose (as established in the claim)?
• Yet again, get back into groups.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• share evidence and tiebacks in order so as to complete the template for your group's first body paragraph.
• Does anything need to be changed?  Added?  Etc.  (If so, "take care of business" accordingly!)
• agree upon and write an all-encompassing concluding sentence.

Ticket-Out-the-Door -- Template Collection via a Drawing of Cards

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 11/29 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).

HW (Class Preparation)
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  Please consult the "Free Reading--Course Component Fulfillment Options for Marking Periods 1 and 2" sheet for specific information about next week's deadline.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!