Wednesday, November 6, 2019

English 10--11/8/2019 & 11/12/2019

Jump Off
--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  Then, log in and access your quick write from last class block.  Finally, reread your work and...
  • find and fix at least one error
  • prepare for today's discussions by making sure that you can respond to the following questions:
    • What is your personality type like?
    • To what extent do you agree with your results?
    • What did you find most surprising?
    • To which character from Animal Farm do you most relate?  In what ways?
S. the C.
--agenda/HW

Transition
--Form groups by determined personality types.  (SEE BLOG POST.)

Wrap-Up Discussion #1 -- 16Personalities and Animal Farm--Small-Group Share-Out
--share reflections with each other (e.g., overview/highlights, relatability, surprises, connections, etc.) in one-minute blocks

Transition
--form a circle in the following order:
  • Architect(s)
  • Logician(s)
  • Commander(s)
  • Debater(s)
  • Advocate(s)
  • Mediator(s)
  • Protagonist(s)
  • Campaigner(s)
  • Logistician(s)
  • Defender(s)
  • Executive(s)
  • Consul(s)
  • Virtuoso(s)
  • Adventurer(s)
  • Entrepreneur(s)
  • Entertainer(s)
Closure/Wrap-Up Discussion #2 -- 16Personalities and Animal Farm--Whole-Class Share-Out
--continue sharing reflections
  • If you are the first person talking about a certain personality type, briefly highlight its aspects for the class.
  • You can exercise your right to pass!
Transition
--Please re-column the desks.


Vocabulary Training and Application Activity -- Membean Word Wall (10-12 mins.)
--sample "Membean Word Wall" posters shared/directions MODELED on the SMART Board
  • After completing a Membean training session, your task is creating a poster for the wall!
--log in to Membean and set up and complete a 15-minute training session
--Directions:
  • Open the following Google Doc:
  • Click on the "File" tab and scroll down to "Make a copy."
  • Click on "Make a copy" and name your document your name and your word (e.g., Jonah Martin--Morose).
  • Create a poster as MODELED.
  • When you finish your poster, share it with me electronically/explain it to me by...
    • clicking the "Share" button in the upper righthand corner above your document
    • typing in my email address (jmartin2@livoniasd.org)
    • typing a note in the "Add a note" field in which you...
      • define your word
      • explain how your picture makes the word's meaning clear.
        • PLEASE SEE THE EXAMPLE WRITTEN ON THE NORTHERN WHITEBOARD.
    • clicking the "Send" button when you finish.
Transition
--Please fully shut down your Chromebook, return it to the proper slot, and plug it in via a cord.

Free Reading/Conferencing (remainder of class [time permitting])

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 the past two weeks.  (See the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Complete another round of Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses (approximately 45 minutes) over three different days before 11:59 PM next Thursday (11/14).  (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 ACEEnjoy the long weekend--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)


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