English 9--1/11/2019 & 1/14/2019

Jump Off
--Please sit in your new assigned seats again today.
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.
--Please SEE ME ASAP:

• Lillian S.

Assessment -- Vocabulary Quiz #3
--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 until you receive further instructions.

DEAR -- Free Reading Book and/or Upfront Newsmagazine

S. the C.
--agenda/HW


Transition
--Block 2 ACE: 

• K. Waters--please drop the grammar hammer again!
• Find your index card from the end of last class block upon which you revised the sentence about "The Lady, or the Tiger?" that was written up on the whiteboard.  On the back of the card, copy down the new sentence written on the whiteboard underneath the clock.  Finally, find and fix the grammar error(s) that exist(s) in the sentence.  Good luck! :)

--Block 3 ACE:

• Pick up an index card from the front table.  Then, copy down the "sentence" written on the whiteboard underneath the clock.  Finally, find and fix the grammar error that exists in the string of words.  Good luck! :)
• When you finish, please take a look at your last grammar hammer assessment so that you can reflect upon your performance.  Do you have any questions that I can answer?

*DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, I WILL GET A SENSE FOR OUR CURRENT COLLECTIVE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF TODAY'S COMMON GRAMMAR ERROR BY PEEKING OVER YOUR SHOULDERS AT YOUR INDEX CARDS.*

Grammar Hammer Instruction -- Missing or Misplaced Possessive Apostrophe

--Block 3 ACE: card drawn, grammar hammer dropped
--Block 3 ACE: Q & A--last grammar hammer assessment
--All blocks: briefly go over the "Transition" as a preview of the rest of today's (hey-yo!) lesson
--Transition

• groups of three formed via a drawing of cards
• activity MODELED
• folders handed out

--group work time (appropriately using the letter "s" and/or the possessive apostrophe)
--whole-class share-out
--Transition

• return to desks

--continued instruction, modeling, notes, etc. via "Breath of Fresh Air Cow"
--Transition

• Please pick up a copy of the sheet titled "Common Error: Missing or misplaced possessive apostrophe" from the front table.

--purposefully read through the top half of the first page of the grammar hammer sheet together--additional instruction, modeling, notetaking, etc. as necessary
--independently complete the PRACTICE
--confer, compare, and clarify in pairs
--go over the PRACTICE together
--For HW, prepare for an assessment about anything grammar-related that we have already worked on this school year and the possessive apostrophe--HOW?!

Transition
--Please pick up a copy of the sheet titled "Common Error: Missing or Misplaced Possessive Apostrophe--POST-ASSESSMENT" from the front table.  Complete the assessment quietly and independently based on your understanding of today's lesson.  Good luck! :)

Closure #1 -- Common Error: Missing or Misplaced Possessive Apostrophe--POST-ASSESSMENT
--complete/go over

Transition
--Pick up a copy of the halfsheet titled "......" from the front table.  I will both read the directions to you and share my model for the book Beartown momentarily.

DEAR/Closure #2 -- Free Reading Book and/or Upfront Newsmagazine (time permitting)
--complete the halfsheet as directed
--brief share-out via a drawing of cards

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 1/17 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).

HW (Class Preparation)

--Finish preparing for a grammar hammer assessment about the possessive apostrophe, which will take place at the beginning of class NEXT TIME (Tuesday, 1/15 [ACE])/Wednesday, 1/16 [BDF]).  Part of the assessment will mirror today's post-assessment.  Also, these are the directions that you will find on another part of the assessment:

• For each of the following sentences, which are about a debate in high schools in the United States, choose the word that correctly fills in the blank in order to demonstrate your mastery of the possessive apostrophe.

Finally, with each new Grammar Hammer assessment administered, I reserve the right to "check on" your understanding of anything grammar-related that we have already worked on this school year.  Please keep this in mind when preparing! :)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.

• "You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books...and that's kind of the same thing."

Miscellaneous
--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal some more.  Do something great this year!
--Block 2 ACE/Block 3 ACE: Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)