Jump Off
--Turn in your short story by placing it in the black basket on the front table. Then, engage in free reading until you receive further instructions.
*DURING THIS TIME, I WILL BE ORGANIZING MATERIALS FOR OUR FIRST WRITING WORKSHOP ENGAGEMENT.*
S. the C.
--agenda/HW
Writing Workshop -- Short Story Writing Assignment #1--Partner Feedback for Moving Forward
--oral reading of the directions on the feedback document
--MODELING on the SMART Board with a short story from last school year
--peer stories/feedback documents handed out
S. the C.
--You should leave class today with...
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 last year's incentive plan for the NYS ELA Regents Examination
--brief discussion
--Turn in your short story by placing it in the black basket on the front table. Then, engage in free reading until you receive further instructions.
*DURING THIS TIME, I WILL BE ORGANIZING MATERIALS FOR OUR FIRST WRITING WORKSHOP ENGAGEMENT.*
S. the C.
--Reminder: The ROUGH End-of-"Unit" Writing Assignment Prompt:
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 -- Short Story Writing Assignment #1--Partner Feedback for Moving Forward
--oral reading of the directions on the feedback document
--MODELING on the SMART Board with a short story from last school year
--peer stories/feedback documents handed out
--follow the directions on the feedback document while interacting with your partner's story
--partner share
--whole-class share-out
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 11/15 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
Writing
--partner share
--whole-class share-out
- Name one "thing" you will do between now and next class to improve your short story.
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 11/15 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
Writing
--Improve your short story based on today's writing workshop block. A printed copy of your short story is due in the black basket at the beginning of NEXT class (Thursday, 11/15).
--Review your notes for "The Masque…" in preparation for completing an in-class writing assignment NEXT class (Thursday, 11/15). (It looks like we will complete this 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)
--Review your notes for "The Masque…" in preparation for completing an in-class writing assignment NEXT class (Thursday, 11/15)
--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!
On the backburner:
On the backburner:
S. the C.
--You should leave class today with...
- a better sense of what you might face when taking the NYS ELA Regents Examination in June of 2019
- knowledge of a test-taking strategy that you might consider implementing when taking the Regents (and other multiple choice assessments such as the ACT)
- 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
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 last year's incentive plan for the NYS ELA Regents Examination
- Let's get a date on the calendar and get invitations out to current juniors!
--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"?
- Introducing "Take a Stand" Activity and ThinkCERCA/Article of the Week purpose, framework, etc.
- tablet
- first Grammar Hammer
