English 10--12/12/2018

Jump Off (5-8 mins.)

--Please pick up an index card from the front table.
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom and log in.  You can use your Chromebook during the first part of today's class to re-access articles and plan your speech.
--Please take out any notes that you took in the library last class block.  Today, you will take the podium and share your "working knowledge" of your topic with the class for 60 seconds.  Spend the first five minutes of class looking through your notes and thinking about what you will share.  Feel free to jot down key points on your index card or in a Google Doc.

S. the C. (12-15 mins.)
--FYI: Your "Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)" group responses are due at the end of class today (Wednesday, 12/12) completed to a high degree (e.g., strong and thorough textual evidence, well-reasoned explanations, logical organization, few conventions errors, etc.) and submitted to me via email.
--agenda/HW
--share the protocol for today's public speaking activity:

• card drawn
• final 30 seconds given (if desired) to prepare
• podium approached when name called
• speech delivered and timed (five-second countdown given)
• "60-Second Club--Entrance Criteria" slide shared
• 60-Second Club officially joined (or not :'( )
• repeat until 25 minutes remaining in class

Activity -- 60-Second Club: Sharing "Working Knowledge" (flex time)
--Mr. Martin MODELS--tips shared (B, M, E; anecdotes; personal connections)

--five more minutes for planning
--pair/share (Mr. Martin times)
--speeches delivered via volunteers and/or a drawing of cards
--FYI: Any student who does not speak today will do so next week! :)

Transition ([with 25 mins. remaining] 1-2 mins.)

--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 7) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (remainder of class)
--Get back into groups
--"Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...

• finish group-typing second paragraph
• format your second paragraph and conduct an oral reading
  • Any necessary "finishing touches"?

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

• Share your group's Google Doc with me.
• Return the Chromebooks.
• Pick up, complete, and submit the "Soft-Skills Self-Assessment" sheet (time permitting).

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/7-12/13; HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL TRAIN DURING THIS WINDOW OF TIME (AND ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO DO SO IF YOU HAVE FALLEN BEHIND)!
HW (Class Preparation)
--You are expected to select your next free reading book by the end of the day TODAY (Wednesday, 12/12).  Please see me if you would like help and/or a recommendation!  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
--Next class, we will talk about what makes a topic "arguable" before heading over to the library to continue conducting research.  Consider this question before NEXT CLASS (Friday, 12/14):

• What might you argue with regard to your topic?

On the backburner:

• LIBRARY AGAIN NEXT CLASS FOR RESEARCH (LOOK AT BALLENGER!!!)
• first Grammar Hammer (WUBAIS!!!)