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