English 10 Honors--1/8/2019

Jump Off (3-5 mins.)
--Please sit in your new assigned seats again.
--Take out each of the following from before Winter Break:

• the "English 10 Honors--Article of the Week/ThinkCERCA #1" document

Spend the first few minutes of class reading back through your annotations as a reminder of what you read, what you were thinking, etc. in preparation for today's forthcoming discussion.

S. the C. (8-10 mins.)

--oral reading of S.M.A.R.T. Goals finished

--agenda/HW

Discussion Preparation (cont.) -- The CRAP Test (10-12 mins.)
--oral reading of the sheet titled "The CRAP Test"

--run the test on our current article--divide and conquer!

Transition (2-3 mins.)
--pair/share
--form a circle out of the desks and seat yourselves as per a drawing of cards

Discussion -- English 10 Honors--Article of the Week/ThinkCERCA #1 (15-30 mins.)
--continue engaging in discussion about the article:

• active/purposeful reading notes
• "debate" with regard to the following question:
• That tablet that I mentioned before Winter Break...Should Mrs. Martin and I have given it to Caleb for Christmas?!
• "CRAP Test" results

Transition (2-3 mins.)

--re-column the desks

Closure (2-3 mins.)
--In the white space available on your "The CRAP Test" sheet, finish the sentence-starter below in preparation for the final component of today's agenda.

• If someone wrote an argumentative essay in which they claimed that a parent like me should not purchase a tablet for a child under the age of ten and heavily cited the article with which we have just dealt, I could counterargue by saying...

Transition (8-10 mins.)
--pair/share
--whole-class share-out via a drawing of cards
--Please pick up each of the following items from the front table:

• the "WRITING COMPONENT--Method of Refutation #1" document
• the "Basic Counterargument Paragraph Template" sheet

HW Time -- AoW #1 Counterargument Paragraph (time permitting)
--conduct an oral reading of the assignment sheet and a Q & A
--acclimate ourselves to the "Basic Counterargument Paragraph Template" sheet
--begin outlining together

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 1/10 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
Writing
--Finish both outlining AND writing your AoW #1 counterargument paragraph using the "Basic Counterargument Paragraph Template" and the "WRITING COMPONENT--Method of Refutation #1" sheet.  Expect to place your best work in the black basket on the front table at the beginning of class on Thursday, 1/10.--THIS ASSIGNMENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE--LIKELY DUE ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK!

--Continue thinking about the following End-of-Course Assignment question: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Participation)

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

• "Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere" (Mary Schmich).