English 10--12/18/2018

Jump Off (3-5 mins.)

--If you have not yet taken the podium in order to share your "working knowledge" of your research topic with the class, please take out your index card and any notes that you have taken in the library up to this point in time.  Spend the first few minutes of class preparing.  These directions pertain to...

• Leah A.
• Sarah B.
• Jack D.
• Abigail F.
• Olivia F.
• Sierra G.
• Emma H.
• Jenna L.
• Dominic R.
• Elijah S.
• Peter T.
• Haylee Y.

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--FYI: Your "Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)" group responses are due at the end of class NEXT TIME (Thursday, 12/20) 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
--Reminder: 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 (cont.) -- 60-Second Club: Sharing "Working Knowledge" (30-ish mins.)

--speeches delivered via volunteers and/or a drawing of cards
--FYI: Any student who does not speak today will do so next class! :)

HOOKED ON BOOKS

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

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 12/20 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).

Writing
--Your "Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)" group responses are due at the end of class NEXT TIME (Thursday, 12/20) submitted to me via email.

--Continue thinking about the following question:

• What might you argue with regard to your research topic?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

• "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one" (George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons).