English 9--2/14/2019 & 2/15/2019

Jump Off
--30-ish minutes from now, poster presentations will begin.  Please spend the first 15 minutes of class doing one or a combination of the following:

• Finish your visually appealing poster, making sure that it includes...
• the term prominently displayed
• the paraphrased definition of your term
• an example of your term "in action"
• a corresponding visual.
• Log in to Membean.  Set up and complete a training session (up to 15 minutes).
• Engage in free reading.

S. the C.

--You should leave class today...

• with a basic understanding of each of the terms included in the "Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes" document
• with the "Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes" document accurately completed so that you can use it to review each of the terms that you have not yet mastered 
• better equipped to appropriately understand and analyze William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet when we continue grappling with the text after break

--agenda/HW

Mini-Presentations/Notetaking -- Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes

--directions given:

• Prepare a brief presentation to share with the rest of the class in which you...
• share your term and paraphrased definition
• make sure that your classmates are able to accurately fill in the blanks on their notes page for your term
• share your example and visual in order to clarify the meaning of your term
• are prepared to respond to any questions from your classmates regarding your term.

--When preparing/practicing your mini-presentation, keep this information about content and these seven public speaking tips in mind:

Content

• Your presentation must include all four of the items included in the bulleted list above, but you should not just read from your notes page and your poster!

Delivery (Public Speaking Tips)

• Pause (and, ideally, smile!) in front and gain the attention of your audience before speaking.
• Speak loudly enough to be heard by all.
• Speak at an appropriate speed (NOT TOO FAST).
• Speak with enthusiasm.
• Make clear attempts at eye contact to ALL parts of the classroom.
• Limit vocal fillers ("umm", "ahh", long silences, etc.)--NO MORE THAN 3-5 PER MINUTE.
• Limit distracting body movements (podium tapping, hair smoothing, etc.). 

--mini-presentations practiced in pairs
--mini-presentations delivered/notetaking

Closure -- Ball Toss (time permitting)

--Tell us something that you now know/understand that you did not know/understand/understand fully before class today.

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)

--ACE classes: Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 2/14) (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 2/15-2/21; HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL TRAIN THESE NEXT 7 DAYS (AND ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO DO SO IF YOU HAVE FALLEN BEHIND)!
--Complete another 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM Thursday, 2/28 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
HW (Class Preparation)

--I challenge you to read 10 (or more!) "steps" of free reading over February Break.  A step equals 15 minutes, so 10 steps equals 150 minutes/2.5 hours.  Remember that your free reading book must be finished by mid-March.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

• "Reading...a vacation for the mind..." (Dave Barry).

--Sometime within the first few weeks upon our return from break, a The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Unit mini-test will occur.  In order to begin preparing, consider...

• reviewing your "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document
• reviewing your "Drama Terms Notes/Poetry Terms Notes" document
• reviewing your "The Shakespearean Sonnet" document.

Miscellaneous
--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Your deadline is likely approaching!

--Enjoy your vacation--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)

On the backburner:

• Finishing Gnomeo & Juliet by further discussing/returning to guide
• opening a window into The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
• continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
• Prior to "The Interlopers", complete acting activity reviewing the types of irony from both Gnomeo & Juliet and Act 1 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
• Writing returned/revised in waves
• Wave 1?!?!
• Wave 2--organization as per sample paragraphs for "The Cask of Amontillado"
• Prior to "The Interlopers", share a few paragraphs as review of both organization and concepts therein.
• Wave 3--grammar hammer as per common errors
• Continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
• Short works--The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Unit
• Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
• Saki's "The Interlopers"