English 10--11/30/2018

Jump Off

--Sarah B.

• Please pick someone else to drop the grammar hammer!

--Please pick up the grammar hammer document from the front table.  Complete the chart at the top of the page.  If you need to access the internet in order to do so, feel free!

S. the C.
--FANBOYS chart completed via a volunteer
--agenda/HW

Grammar Hammer Review -- FANBOYS
--complete the RE-READING/editing task quietly and independently--good luck!
--go over the task on the SMART Board via a drawing of cards

Brain Break -- ?????

Transition

--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom and log in.
--Please take out the following:

• your copy of Animal Farm
• any notes you took while reading the novella
• your "Allegory Assessment"
• your copies of the "Writing Paragraphs" document with which we have been working

Writing Workshop (Phase 5) -- Proofreading for FANBOYS Errors and Elevating Diction
--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!
• Get back into groups.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• RE-READ for FANBOYS errors.  Fix any errors that you find.
• discuss Membean words (e.g., those for which you created posters earlier in the school year) and deftly incorporate at least one word in your summary.  Don't overdo it, though!

Closure -- Ticket-Out-the-Door and Soft-Skills Self-Assessment

• share Google Doc with me
• MODEL
• return Chromebooks
• pick up, complete, and submit the "Soft-Skills Self-Assessment" sheet

HW Time

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 12/6 (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.  The "Course Component Fulfillment" assignment is due Wednesday, 12/5 or Thursday, 12/6 depending upon which option you select.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

On the backburner:

Refresh each other's memories: What character or characters did you pick to write about again?
Write claim for second body paragraph

• Sample claim for "The Masque..." share first via template with which I have been working

Divide/conquer evidence (like two classes ago, but not necessarily big chunks of the book)

Select evidence--write AND write tiebacks

Swap--revise

Share in groups

Group document--typed

In groups, read aloud and revise

Submit before class ends