--Please pick up a copy of the "Free Reading--Course Component Fulfillment Options for Marking Periods 1 and 2" sheet from the front table. Later during today's class block, you will have a chunk of time to engage in free reading and/or begin working on this assignment.
--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:
- Mikhail B.
- Noah P.
- Evan S.
- Owen S.
- Kylei W.
- Katarina W.
- Nadia B.
- Wyatte G.
- Lindsey J.
- Gabe P.
- Dan S.
- Belle V.
- Jake W.
--agenda/HW
--oral reading of assignment sheet/Q & A
Transition (1-2 mins.)
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.
Assessment -- Vocabulary Quiz #2 (10-15 mins.)
--log in to Chromebook
--log in to Membean where today's quiz will deploy
--complete the quiz quietly and independently--good luck!
--When you finish, take out your book and engage in free reading and/or completion of the assignment handed out earlier until you receive further instructions.
DEAR -- Free Reading Book and/or Upfront Newsmagazine (flex time)
Activity -- "Gearing Up" for Thanksgiving (Holiday Challenge)
--take out your notebook and date the page in the lefthand margin (11/20/2018)--label this section of your notes "'Gearing up' for Thanksgiving"
--Close your eyes and think of somebody who is really influential in your life and/or who matters to you. (Perhaps this person did something especially amazing or important for you?) Why is this person so important?
--after first giving some context, share writing piece stemming from a similar prompt
--over the course of the next 5 minutes, write down as much as you can about this person and why he/she is so important to you
--pair/share?
--view the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=78&v=oHv6vTKD6lg
--Holiday Challenge: Share what you wrote with the person you wrote about!
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/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)!
--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)
--log in to Membean where today's quiz will deploy
--complete the quiz quietly and independently--good luck!
--When you finish, take out your book and engage in free reading and/or completion of the assignment handed out earlier until you receive further instructions.
DEAR -- Free Reading Book and/or Upfront Newsmagazine (flex time)
Activity -- "Gearing Up" for Thanksgiving (Holiday Challenge)
--take out your notebook and date the page in the lefthand margin (11/20/2018)--label this section of your notes "'Gearing up' for Thanksgiving"
--Close your eyes and think of somebody who is really influential in your life and/or who matters to you. (Perhaps this person did something especially amazing or important for you?) Why is this person so important?
--after first giving some context, share writing piece stemming from a similar prompt
--over the course of the next 5 minutes, write down as much as you can about this person and why he/she is so important to you
--pair/share?
--view the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=78&v=oHv6vTKD6lg
--Holiday Challenge: Share what you wrote with the person you wrote about!
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/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)!
--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 each day over break. If you achieve this goal, you will have read 50+ pages! (I know that I, personally, am quite looking forward to reading Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed!) You have up until early December to finish your book. 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!
Miscellaneous
--Complete the Holiday Challenge. We will talk about how it went when we return from break!
Miscellaneous
--Complete the Holiday Challenge. We will talk about how it went when we return from break!
--For what are turkeys thankful?......
......Vegetarians.
Enjoy the break--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner:
- returning assignments
- standards assessment
- grading scale explained
- self-reflection
- assessments returned
- SEE LAST SCHOOL YEAR!!!
- THEME LESSON SEQUENCE
- DIVVY UP STORY FOR RE-READING (CHARACTER, THEME, DICTION, ???)
