--Please pick up a copy of the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet from the front table. We will read through this information at the start of class today and pay particularly close addition to the changes noted in red.
S. the C. (8-10 mins.)
--oral reading of "English Department Membean Routine" sheet
- Q & A
Transition (2-3 mins.)
--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 where today's quiz will deploy. Finally, complete the quiz quietly and independently. Good luck!
Assessment/Hooked on Books -- Vocabulary Quiz #2 (25-30 mins.)
--continue completing the quiz
--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 the final chapter of George Orwell's Animal Farm during the next part of today's class block. Once you have your materials out, you are expected to engage in free reading until everyone is finished with the quiz.
Read-Aloud -- George Orwell's Animal Farm (20-ish mins.)
--oral reading of Chapter 10/notetaking via note catcher sheet or notebook
Transition (2-3 mins.)
--Please start a new section in your notebook. Date the page in the lefthand margin (11/19 [ACE] or 11/20 [BDF]). Label this section of your notes "Animal Farm Film Notes." While viewing the beginning of the film version of the novella that we have been reading/studying together, jot down any notes that you think might prove helpful when responding to multiple choice questions and/or crafting your final writing piece about the novella. Please be aware that the film very loosely follows the novella! Perhaps you could also consider why this is the case? Why did the director do what he did?
Film -- Hallmark Films Animal Farm (last 15-ish mins.)
--view the film (Animal Farm video icon in Amazon Prime) from the beginning until the class block ends
- jot down notes while viewing
--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 updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Complete additional Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses (approximately 45 minutes) over three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday (12/5). DUE TO THANKSGIVING RECESS, I AM ADDING TOGETHER THE "STATS" FROM THE 11/22-11/28 REPORT AND THE 11/29-12/5 REPORT, MEANING THAT ONE OF THESE TWO WEEKS IS AN "EXTRA WEEK." (See the updated "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!
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:
