English 10 Honors--11/21/2019

Jump Off (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 the following:

• your annotated copy of "The Masque of the Red Death"
• your two copies of the "Writing Paragraphs" document with which you began working last class block.

Once you have your materials out, you are expected to engage in free reading until everyone is finished with the quiz.

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--Reminder: The NYS ELA Regents celebration will take place after school on Tuesday, 12/3 right here in Room 203!
--agenda/HW

Writing Workshop (Phase 3) -- Short Story "Unit"--End-of-"Unit" Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (35-40 mins.)

*PLEASE PICK UP YOUR COPY OF THE "THE MASQUE..." ASSESSMENT FROM THE FRONT TABLE AGAIN AS IT SHOULD COME IN HANDY WHEN CONTINUING THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT TODAY!*
--Complete the following steps:

• Get back into your groups from last class block.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• finish any of the tasks from last class block that you have yet to finish (e.g., gathering a piece of evidence as directed).
• "Rotate" templates (e.g., Jonah to Nicki, Nicki to Chris, and Chris to Jonah).
• Reminder: All group members must continue completing the template.  As closure of "Phase 4" of writing workshop, I will ask for submission of a copy at random from one group member.
• Quietly and independently back at your own desk, write a multi-sentence tieback for your group member's direct quotation.  Strongly consider the following questions:
• Based on the paragraph's purpose (as established in the claim), why did your group member select this direct quotation?
• This quotation suggests that... because...
• This idea relates back to the claim that... because...
• How does this direct quotation relate back to the paragraph's purpose (as established in the claim)?
• Yet again, get back into groups.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• share evidence and tiebacks so as to complete the template for your group's first body paragraph.
• Does anything need to be changed?  Added?  Etc.  (If so, "take care of business" accordingly!)
• agree upon and write an all-encompassing concluding sentence.

--Closure

• When your group finishes, ...
• re-column the desks
• return your copies of the "'The Masque of the Red Death' Assessment" by placing them in the black basket on the front table
• place all of your templates in the black basket on the front table
• I will select one at random upon my return!

Hooked on Books (time permitting)
--engage in free reading during any remaining class time

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)

--Complete 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.)
Writing
--Continually improve your Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews essay.  Conferences will continue occurring until I have had a chance to meet with everyone, and a score will be reported as a part of your Marking Period 2 GPA.  Expect the due date to be sometime during the first week of December!
--Continue reviewing your notes for "The Masque…" in preparation for continuing the in-class writing assignment next class block.
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
--FYI: The NYS ELA Regents celebration will take place after school right here in Room 203 on Tuesday, 12/3!
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)