--Please pick up each of the following from the front table:
- the new "English 10 Honors End-of-Course Assignment" document
- the "Current Claim and Potential Sources/Source Types" sheet
--Reminder: It is important for you to stay caught up with regard to all of your coursework. It is in your best interest to check the blog and Schooltool often. Additionally, if you have an "INC" for a Marking Period, following up with Mr. Martin ASAP would be wise!
--agenda/HW
Looking Ahead -- English 10 Honors End-of-Course Assignment
--engage in a materials assessment/Q & A
--Transition
- Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom. Log in and access the Google Doc below. Make a copy of the document. Finally, complete the task at hand, sharing your work with both me and Mrs. Donohue via email when you finish.
Google Doc Link
Transition
--If you have already contributed to the symposium but have not yet hung up your picture, please do so now. The tape is on the front table.
--Please re-form the alphabetized-by-title-of-memoir circle out of the desks. We will continue the symposium by picking back up with Gianna R.'s contribution (Garrard Conley's Boy Erased).
Circle Discussion -- Human Nature in Memoirs Symposium
--Reminder: the symposium protocol:
- I will begin the symposium by passing the ball to my left, and that person will first share his or her summary before passing the ball to the left.
- If the next person wants to ask a follow-up question so as to gain clarity regarding the memoir, he or she will do so. The ball will continue moving left in this manner until it arrives back at the person who started.
- The person sharing will finish his or her contribution (quote, interpretation, personal anecdote, visual, connection to another visual on the wall, and extension of thinking).
- The ball will get passed left again. If the next person wants to comment upon, respond to, etc. the contribution that just occurred, he or she will do so. Additionally, if a person has a planned contribution that is closely related to the current conversation, he or she might ask to share about his or her memoir to keep the conversation moving forward.
- The ball will continue moving left in this manner until five students have discussed their memoirs.
--re-column the desks and pick up the "Appreciating Others" halfsheet from the front table
Closure -- Appreciating Others
--complete the task at hand and place your completed halfsheet in the black basket on the front table
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 5/23 (see the "Membean Routine" document).
HW (Class Preparation)
--FYI: We will continue (finish?) the symposium the week after next (the week beginning on Monday, 5/27).
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book (memoir still?!) between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! During the final marking period, I intend to randomly check for books and include your level of preparation in my reporting via Schooltool.
--Actively/purposefully FINISH reading Lord of the Flies by the beginning of the week after next (the week beginning on Monday, 5/27). Review your materials pertaining to the novel in preparation for analysis/discussion/a final assessment.
Writing
--You should be working on the End-of-Course Assignment. A little over three weeks from now, you will submit an analytical argument in support of your claim with regard to the following questions:
Miscellaneous
--FYI: We will continue (finish?) the symposium the week after next (the week beginning on Monday, 5/27).
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book (memoir still?!) between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! During the final marking period, I intend to randomly check for books and include your level of preparation in my reporting via Schooltool.
--Actively/purposefully FINISH reading Lord of the Flies by the beginning of the week after next (the week beginning on Monday, 5/27). Review your materials pertaining to the novel in preparation for analysis/discussion/a final assessment.
Writing
--You should be working on the End-of-Course Assignment. A little over three weeks from now, you will submit an analytical argument in support of your claim with regard to the following questions:
- End-of-Course Assignment:
- Why do people say what they say, do what they do, etc.? What are human beings really like? What is your "why?", and how is it related to your observations about/understanding of human nature?
We will head to the library our next two class blocks (Tuesday, 5/21 and Thursday, 5/23).
*I AM AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH DAILY FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ONE-ON-ONE (ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STRUGGLING--BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND TAKE INITIATIVE!).*
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
