--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom and log in back at your assigned seat. Then, log in to Membean and set up and complete a 15-minute training session.
- When you finish, fully shut down your Chromebook, return it to the proper slot, and plug it in via a cord. Then, please take out your copy of the "End-of-Unit Writing Assessment Note Catcher--Chapter 6-End" sheet or your notebook. We will read Chapter 9 together during the next part of today's class block. Feel free to grab a page or two of your free reading book! :)
--You should leave class today...
Read-Aloud -- George Orwell's Animal Farm
--oral reading of Chapter 9/notetaking via note catcher sheet or notebook
Transition
--Please pick up an index from the front table. Write your name at the top of the lined side. Then, write down the character or characters about which you plan to write in your End-of-Unit Writing Assessment piece. Place your index card in the black basket on the front table when you finish.
Free Reading/Conferencing (remainder of the block)
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Please make sure that you come to Room 203 during homeroom to complete Membean training if you did not meet the expectations during the last 7-day cycle. (See the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
- with a Membean training session counting toward this Thursday's deadline under your belt
- through Chapter 9 of George Orwell's novella Animal Farm
- with more notes collected for use when writing your End-of-Unit Writing Assessment piece
- having communicated to me more of your plan with regard to the aforementioned writing assignment
- further along in your free reading book
- (maybe?) having conferred with me about your free reading book and, as such, having hit the following target:
- After independently engaging with a self-selected text, I can participate effectively in a one-on-one discussion that demonstrates my thoughtful interaction with the text.
Read-Aloud -- George Orwell's Animal Farm
--oral reading of Chapter 9/notetaking via note catcher sheet or notebook
Transition
--Please pick up an index from the front table. Write your name at the top of the lined side. Then, write down the character or characters about which you plan to write in your End-of-Unit Writing Assessment piece. Place your index card in the black basket on the front table when you finish.
Free Reading/Conferencing (remainder of the block)
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Please make sure that you come to Room 203 during homeroom to complete Membean training if you did not meet the expectations during the last 7-day cycle. (See the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses (approximately 45 minutes) over three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday (11/21). (See the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. You have up until early December to finish your book. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
Miscellaneous
--1 ACE: Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner:
HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. You have up until early December to finish your book. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
Miscellaneous
--1 ACE: Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner:
- Block 4 BDF: Continue bags
- "Free Reading Course Component--Overview Document"
- Continuing to add to "Interest Inventory"--selecting an initial research topic
- Writing an initial claim for the essential question(s) and posting on the greenboard
- Next AoW:
