English 10 Honors--12/20/2019

CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE LESSON PLANNING/DELIVERY (1/2 the block)

HOOKED ON BOOKS (1/2 the block)

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 12/19.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing
--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--You can expect to begin delivering conventions of literature lessons next class block (Friday, 12/20)!
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  If you still do not yet have the "right" book in your possession, please let me know how I can help!

• "The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book" (Andre Maurois).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of this week! :)

English 10--12/20/2019 (1 ACE)

Jump Off
--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.  Back at your desk, log in, log in to Membean, and set up and complete a 15-minute training session.  At the close of this session, you will be only two days and 30 minutes or __ correct questions away from an "extra week!"

--When you finish, please...

• return your Chromebook, making sure to plug it in

S. the C.

--agenda/HW

--today's steps MODELED on the SMART Board

Transition

--Please do the following:

• take out the following: 
• any notes that will help you continue moving forward on the group writing assignment
• your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) for your group's characterization paragraph
• pick up the following from the front table: 
• a copy of Animal Farm
• your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) if it was collected last class block

Writing Workshop (Phase 3 cont.) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)

--Complete the following steps:

• Get back into groups.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• read, discuss, and attend to any feedback that I provided for your group's first paragraph.
• For example, if one of the comments reads, "Carefully copy quotes so as to avoid accidental plagiarism," use your copies of the novella to fix the mistakes.
• finish sharing evidence and tiebacks so as to complete the template for your group's first 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.

Brain Break -- Class Choice (Majority Rules!)

• free reading OR
• play Apples to Apples OR
• view "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

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

--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing

--Continue reviewing your notes for Animal Farm in preparation for continuing the in-class writing assignment when we return from Winter Break.

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--FYI: If, starting today, you read 10 pages of your free reading per day, you will read a total of 180 pages by the time we return.  At an average reading pace, 10 pages of reading takes approximately 15 minutes.  Can you dedicate yourself to "finding" 15 minutes each day over Winter Break?  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.

• "Reading...a vacation for the mind!" (Dave Barry).

Miscellaneous

--Enjoy the half of a month off--you really only get so many breaks like this! :)

On the backburner:

• Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic

English 10--12/19/2019 (2 BDF and 4 BDF)

Jump Off

--Please do the following:

• take out the following: 
• any notes that will help you continue moving forward on the group writing assignment
• your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) for your group's characterization paragraph
• pick up a copy of Animal Farm from the front table 

For the first 5-ish minutes of today's class block, work on (finish?) the following task quietly and independently at your desk:

• Write a (most likely) multi-sentence tieback for your group member's direct quotation(s).  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)?

S. the C.

--agenda/HW

--second part of "Phase 3" MODELED (see SMART Notebook file)

Writing Workshop (Phase 3 cont.) -- Animal Farm Unit--End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (30 mins.)

--Complete the following steps:

• 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.
• Reminder: All group members must continue completing the paragraph template.  During the next transition, I will ask for submission of a copy at random from one group member.

Transition/Membean Training/Free Reading
--When your group finishes or time runs out (whichever happens first), please...

• re-column the desks
• see me at the front table so that I can collect one of your group member's templates via a drawing of cards
• obtain your Chromebook, log in back at your desk, log in to Membean, and set up and complete a 15-minute training session
• engage in free reading if you find yourself still waiting around for me to finish!

*WHILE YOU TRAIN, I WILL WORK ON PROVIDING GROWTH-ORIENTED FEEDBACK ON TEMPLATES SO THAT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD BEFORE TYPING.*

Writing Workshop (Phase 3 cont.) -- Animal Farm End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)

--today's next steps MODELED on the SMART Board

• https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/quoliterature/

--Complete the following steps:

• Get back into groups.
• "Anchored in" to our "Compact for Group Work", ...
• read, discuss, and attend to any feedback that I provided for your group's first paragraph.
• For example, if one of the comments reads, "Carefully copy quotes so as to avoid accidental plagiarism," use your copies of the novella to fix the mistakes.
• as per the modeling that just occurred earlier in the block, agree upon and write introductions for each piece of evidence.
• https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/quoliterature/
• divvy up first paragraph typing tasks (e.g., Jonah types sentences 1-3, Nicki types sentences 4-6, and Chris types sentences 7-9).

Writing Workshop (Phase 4) -- Short Story "Unit"--End-of-"Unit" Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)

--one student per group creates a shared Google Doc

• MODEL (if necessary)

--group-type response

• MODEL (if necessary)

Closure -- Ticket-Out-the-Door

• share Google Doc with me
• MODEL
• return Chromebooks

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

--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM TONIGHT (Thursday, 12/19).  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing

--Continue reviewing your notes for Animal Farm in preparation for continuing the in-class writing assignment when we return from Winter Break.

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--FYI: If, starting tomorrow, you read 10 pages of your free reading per day, you will read a total of 180 pages by the time we return.  At an average reading pace, 10 pages of reading takes approximately 15 minutes.  Can you dedicate yourself to "finding" 15 minutes each day over Winter Break?  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.

• "The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book" (Andre Maurois).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of the day tomorrow! :)

Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the half of a month off--you really only get so many breaks like this! :)

On the backburner:

• Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic

English 10 Honors--12/18/2019 ABSENT DUE TO TWINS' ILLNESS

CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE LESSON PLANNING (1/2 the block)

HOOKED ON BOOKS (1/2 the block)

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 12/19.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing
--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--You can expect to begin delivering conventions of literature lessons next class block (Friday, 12/20)!
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  If you still do not yet have the "right" book in your possession, please let me know how I can help!

• "The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book" (Andre Maurois).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of this week! :)

English 10--12/18/2019 (1 ACE) ABSENT DUE TO TWINS' ILLNESS

MEMBEAN TRAINING (20 mins.)
HOOKED ON BOOKS (remainder of block)

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

--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 12/19.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing

--Continue reviewing your notes for Animal Farm in preparation for continuing the in-class writing assignment next class block as well as when we return from Winter Break.

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  If you still do not yet have the "right" book in your possession, please let me know how I can help!

• "The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book" (Andre Maurois).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of this week! :)

On the backburner:

• Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic

English 10--12/17/2019 (4 BDF)

Jump Off (10-12 mins.)

--Please do the following:

• take out the following: 
• any notes that will help you continue moving forward on the group writing assignment
• your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) for your group's characterization paragraph
• pick up a copy of Animal Farm from the front table 

For the first ten minutes of today's class block, finish the following task quietly and independently at your desk:

• search for the strongest piece(s) of evidence in your page range and/or about your character in support of your group's claim about characterization
• carefully copy the direct quotation(s) in your notebook OR on the lines in your assigned template section
• PLEASE DO NOT WRITE A TIEBACK FOR YOUR PIECE OF EVIDENCE!

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)

--agenda/HW

--first part of "Phase 3" MODELED (see SMART Notebook file)

Writing Workshop (Phase 3) -- Animal Farm Unit--End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (15-20 mins.)

--Complete the following steps:

• "Rotate" templates (e.g., Jonah to Nicki, Nicki to Chris, and Chris to Jonah).
• Reminder: All group members must continue completing the paragraph template.  As a ticket-out-the-door (today?), 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(s).  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)?
• Return the template with which you just worked to your groupmate.

Hooked on Books

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 12/19.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing

--Continue reviewing your notes for Animal Farm in preparation for continuing the in-class writing assignment next class block as well as when we return from Winter Break.

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  If you still do not yet have the "right" book in your possession, please let me know how I can help!

• "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are" (Mason Cooley).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of this week! :)

English 10--12/17/2019 (2 BDF)

Emma M. and Maddie S.

• Consider trying One of Us Is Lying?!

Jump Off (10-12 mins.)
--Please do the following:

• take out the following: 
• any notes that will help you continue moving forward on the group writing assignment
• your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) for your group's characterization paragraph
• pick up a copy of Animal Farm from the front table 

For the first ten minutes of today's class block, finish the following task quietly and independently at your desk:

• search for the strongest piece(s) of evidence in your page range and/or about your character in support of your group's claim about characterization
• carefully copy the direct quotation(s) in your notebook OR on the lines in your assigned template section
• PLEASE DO NOT WRITE A TIEBACK FOR YOUR PIECE OF EVIDENCE!

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--agenda/HW
--first part of "Phase 3" MODELED (see SMART Notebook file)

Writing Workshop (Phase 3) -- Animal Farm Unit--End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (15-20 mins.)
--Complete the following steps:

• "Rotate" templates (e.g., Jonah to Nicki, Nicki to Chris, and Chris to Jonah).
• Reminder: All group members must continue completing the paragraph template.  As a ticket-out-the-door (today?), 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(s).  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)?
• Return the template with which you just worked to your groupmate.

Hooked on Books

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 12/19.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing

--Continue reviewing your notes for Animal Farm in preparation for continuing the in-class writing assignment next class block as well as when we return from Winter Break.

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  If you still do not yet have the "right" book in your possession, please let me know how I can help!

• "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are" (Mason Cooley).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of this week! :)

On the backburner:

• Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic

English 10 Honors--12/16/2019 (3B ACE and 4 ACE)

Jump Off
--Please pick up a copy of the "Soft Skills Self-Assessment--Small-Group End-of-"Unit" Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3)" sheet from the front table.  Please carefully read the directions.  Then, complete the task at hand quietly and independently over the course of the first ten minutes of the block.  If you finish before time is up, please engage in free reading.

Transition
--Please place your self-assessment in the black basket on the front table.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW

Read-Aloud -- Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor--"Introduction: How'd He Do That?"       
--If you would like a copy of the text to follow along while I read aloud, please pick one up from the back of the classroom!
--oral reading of Foster's introduction so as to respond to the following question:

• How might one define the concept "convention of literature?"

--turn and talk

--whole-class share-out

Transition

--column by column, head up to the front table to... 

• draw conventions from the plastic cup
• pick up a copy of the "Learning Conventions of Literature via Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor" sheet

Please purposefully read the sheet so that you know what is coming up for the remainder of today's class block, and take note of any questions that you have so that I can clarify your task.

"Gearing Up" for Lord of the Flies Activity (Phase 1) -- Preparing to Teach Conventions of Literature via Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor

--Q & A about the activity directions

--Transition

• Please pick up the necessary materials from the front of the classroom:
• a copy of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor (if you did not pick one up already earlier in the block)
• "Convention of Literature Notes" document
• "Convention of Literature T-chart" that corresponds with your assigned convention

--sample t-chart handed out and shared
--quiet and independent work time for approximately 15 minutes to "get the party started"
--"anchor in" to the "Compact for Group Work"
--finish purposefully reading
--determine "plan of attack" for preparing lesson
--begin completing T-chart/preparing lesson

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 12/19.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--You will have approximately half a class block next time to finish preparing your group lessons.  Do whatever is necessary in the meantime!
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  If you still do not yet have the "right" book in your possession, please let me know how I can help!

• "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are" (Mason Cooley).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of this week! :)

English 10--12/16/2019 (1 ACE)

Jump Off (10-12 mins.)
--Please do the following:

• take out the following: 
• any notes that will help you continue moving forward on the group writing assignment
• your copy of the "Writing Paragraphs" document (notes and template) for your group's characterization paragraph
• pick up a copy of Animal Farm from the front table 

For the first ten minutes of today's class block, finish the following task quietly and independently at your desk:

• search for the strongest piece(s) of evidence in your page range and/or about your character in support of your group's claim about characterization
• carefully copy the direct quotation(s) in your notebook OR on the lines in your assigned template section
• PLEASE DO NOT WRITE A TIEBACK FOR YOUR PIECE OF EVIDENCE!

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--agenda/HW
--first part of "Phase 3" MODELED (see SMART Notebook file)

Writing Workshop (Phase 3) -- Animal Farm Unit--End-of-Unit Writing Assessment (Regents Part 3) (40-50 mins.)
--Complete the following steps:

• "Rotate" templates (e.g., Jonah to Nicki, Nicki to Chris, and Chris to Jonah).
• Reminder: All group members must continue completing the paragraph template.  As a ticket-out-the-door (today?), 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(s).  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)?
• 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.

Transition (remainder of class)
--When your group finishes or time runs out (whichever happens first), please...

• re-column the desks
• see me at the front table so that I can collect one of your group member's templates via a drawing of cards
• obtain your Chromebook, log in back at your desk, log in to Membean, and set up and complete a 15-minute training session.

*WHILE YOU TRAIN, I WILL WORK ON PROVIDING GROWTH-ORIENTED FEEDBACK ON TEMPLATES SO THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD BEFORE TYPING.*

Before You Leave

--Please take care of your Chromebook! :)

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM this Thursday, 12/19.  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--WE ARE TAKING A BREAK FROM MEMBEAN 12/20-1/2, WHICH MEANS THAT BOTH OF THESE WEEK ARE "EXTRA WEEKS."  (See the updated "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Upon returning from Winter Break, Membean training will be assigned each week up until midterm.
Writing

--Continue reviewing your notes for Animal Farm in preparation for continuing the in-class writing assignment next class block as well as when we return from Winter Break.

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.  If you still do not yet have the "right" book in your possession, please let me know how I can help!

• "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are" (Mason Cooley).

Hooked on Books runs through the end of this week! :)

On the backburner:

• Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic