English 10--12/4/2018

Jump Off (15-18 mins.)
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  After logging in, log in to Membean and set up and complete a 15-minute training session.  Once you finish training, take out your book and engage in free reading until you receive further instructions.

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--Reminder: 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!

--agenda/HW

Transition (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 6) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (10-15 mins.)
--Complete the following steps:

• Get back into groups.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• read, discuss, and attend to any feedback that I provided for your first paragraph
• return your Chromebooks
• refresh each other's memories: What character or characters did you pick to write about in your second paragraph again?
• write the claim for your second body paragraph on the appropriate lines of your second template
• I will share a sample claim for "The Masque..." first via the template with which I have been working.
• develop a precise plan for outlining the second body paragraph of your group's response
• Be prepared to share your group's plan with the rest of the class before we enter in to the next phase of Writing Workshop!

Writing Workshop (Phase 7) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (__-__ mins.)
--whole-class share-out (plans for the next phase of Writing Workshop)

• time determined according to plans shared

--execute your group's plan in the time permitted!

--divvy up typing tasks (e.g., Sierra types sentences 1-3, Jenna types sentences 4-6, and Trent types sentences 7-9
--Transition

• Obtain Chromebooks again.

--continue typing 

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 (time permitting)

HW Time (time permitting)

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)
--Read your free reading book as necessary between now and next class.  The "Course Component Fulfillment" assignment is due Wednesday, 12/5 or Thursday, 12/6 (TIME IS JUST ABOUT UP!!!) depending upon which option you select.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

On the backburner:

• first Grammar Hammer (WUBAIS!!!)

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