English 10 Honors--LotF CHS. ONE-THREE Discussion Notes

English 10 Honors--2/28/2020

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.
--When you finish, please set your Chromebook aside.  Then, engage in free reading until everyone is finished training.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
*WHEN TIME PERMITS ME TO DO SO TODAY, I WILL CALL SOME OF YOU OVER TO MY WORKSTATION SO THAT WE CAN MEET ONE-ON-ONE ABOUT YOUR CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE WRITING PIECE.*

4 ACE: Public Speaking Activity (cont.) -- 60-Second Club: Sharing "Working Knowledge"
--final few minutes for preparation?!
--remaining speech delivered

Transition
--Please pick up a copy of each of the following sheets from the front table: 

• "Understanding Argument"
• "Narrowing Your Topic"

Research Unit Mini-Lesson -- Understanding Your Purpose and Narrowing Your Topic
--purposeful oral reading of the "Understanding Argument" sheet/notes jotted down on the whiteboard

• Content-wise, what does a writer "need" in order to craft a successful academic argument about a topic?

--view slides on the SMART Board

• What are you seeing here?

--A Note from Bruce Ballenger's The Curious Researcher:

• "The closer [photographers get] to their subjects, the more they [begin] to see what they had never noticed before.  The same is true in writing.  As you move in for a closer look at some aspect of some larger [topic], you will begin to uncover information that you--and ultimately your readers--are likely to find less familiar and more interesting.  One writing phrase for this is narrowing your [topic]."

--"Narrowing Your Topic" sheet MODELED
--complete the "Narrowing Your Topic" sheet quietly and independently

Transition
--return and plug in Chromebooks

HW Time -- Oral Reading of LotF CHAPTER FIVE (time permitting)

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 on Thursday, 3/5. 

Writing/Class Preparation
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

Class Preparation
--Purposefully (I daresay even closely) read CHAPTER FIVE of Lord of Flies and expect an assessment and/or discussion next class block.
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class block. 
You have up until Wednesday, 3/11 to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)

English 10--2/28/2020 & 3/2/2020

Jump Off
--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 #3
--continue completing the quiz
--When you finish, please set your Chromebook aside.  Then, engage in free reading until everyone is finished with the quiz.

• LATER TODAY, SOME OF YOU WILL MEET WITH ME AND DISCUSS YOUR FREE READING EXPERIENCE.

Transition
--Please keep out your free reading book.
--Please take out the following:

• your "Working With Your Sources" halfsheet from last class block
• the source that you printed out and began actively/purposefully reading last class block

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--active/purposeful reading of "Limiting Children's Screen Time Linked to Better Cognition, Study Says" MODELED via SMART Board
--share list titled "Sample Inquiry Questions from NYS ELA Regents Exams" as well as potential inquiry questions for my topic (see whiteboard)

Research -- Inquiry-Based Argumentative Research Paper (time permitting)
--"anchored in" to our "Compact for Work Time," ...

• finish actively/purposefully reading the source that you began working with last class block as per the directions on the "Working With Your Sources" halfsheet.  Remember that ultimately, you are continuing to conduct research in order to develop a "focused knowledge" of your topic.  Think of it this way:
• Could you come up to the podium and talk intelligently about your topic for fifteen minutes without repeating yourself?
• actively/purposefully read a second source in the same manner.
• If you do not have a second source printed out and would prefer to read on paper, please SEE ME for a pass to the library.
• all the while, work on narrowing your topic by zeroing in on the "right" inquiry question--perhaps a "Should..." question?--with the knowledge that the paper you will eventually write will be argumentative.  As such, you should be jotting down new questions/potential argumentative claims as they occur to you.

*WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, MEET WITH ME AND... 

• SHARE YOUR ACTIVE/PURPOSEFUL READING NOTES AND ANSWER MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
• DISCUSS YOUR FREE READING EXPERIENCE.*
• I WILL HAND OUT COPIES OF THE "BOOK REVIEW" TEMPLATE TO STUDENTS WITH WHOM I MEET TODAY.

Before You Leave
--return and plug in your Chromebook

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 on Thursday, 3/5. 
Writing/Class Preparation
--Strongly consider finishing actively/purposefully reading a second source as per the directions on the "Working With Your Sources" halfsheet (if you did not do so in class today).
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?  Do you find yourself coming any closer to an answer to this question?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

Class Preparation
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class block. 
You have up until Wednesday, 3/11 to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

--Strongly consider working on completing the "Book Review" template for one of your free reading books.  (I will hand out copies and an example during one-on-one meetings.)
Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!

English 10 Honors--2/26/2020

Jump Off (THINK)
--Please take out your copy of Lord of the Flies.  Revisit your notes for CHAPTER ONE - CHAPTER THREE in order to come up with one question and one comment generated from these chapters.  In a moment, I will MODEL with my copy of the book.

• 4 ACE: QUIZZES RETURNED IN BLOCK 4

S. the C.
--"Jump Off" directions MODELED
--agenda/HW
--Reminder: the protocol for today's public speaking activity:

• card drawn
• final 30 seconds given (if desired) to prepare
• podium approached when name called
• speech delivered and timed (five-second countdown given)
• Reminder: "60-Second Club--Entrance Criteria"
• 60-Second Club officially joined (or not :'( )

Public Speaking Activity (cont.) -- 60-Second Club: Sharing "Working Knowledge"

--final few minutes for preparation?!
--remaining speeches delivered

Transition (PAIR)
--share questions/comments in pairs
--form an alphabetized-by-animal-that-best-similizes-you circle out of the desks
--4 ACE: Place quizzes back in black basket

Discussion (SHARE) -- William Golding's Lord of the Flies--CHAPTER ONE - CHAPTER THREE
--today's discussion protocol reviewed
--engage in discussion as per one question/one comment preparation

• I WILL ASSESS CONTRIBUTIONS VIA THE "DISCUSSION CONTRIBUTION RATING SCALE".

HW Time -- Oral Reading of LotF CHAPTER FOUR (time permitting)

Before You Leave
--re-column the desks

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 on Thursday, 2/27. 
--Complete another cycle of 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 on Thursday, 3/5. 
Writing/Class Preparation
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Purposefully (I daresay even closely) read CHAPTER FOUR of Lord of Flies and expect an assessment and/or discussion next class block.
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class block.  You have up until Wednesday, 3/11 to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

Miscellaneous
--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!

English 10--2/26/2020 & 2/27/2020

Jump Off
--Please pick up a copy of each of the following from the front table: 

• the "Library--Day 2" halfsheet
• the "Working With Your Sources" halfsheet  

We will deal with each of these sheets together before heading over to the library.  Following Mrs. Donohue's instruction at the library today, "anchor in" to our "Compact for Work Time" and work with each of the halfsheets.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--MODELING the halfsheets

LIBRARY

--Today in the library, you are...

• seating yourselves at the computers via a drawing of cards.
• engaging with instruction delivered by Mrs. Donohue.
• continuing to explore databases in search of more scholarly, credible sources.
• Inputting potentially useful sources in NoodleTools (building a rough Works Cited page) so that you can easily re-access any that might end up being used in your final research paper!
• printing out at least one source that you found via the databases.
• actively/purposefully reading at least one source as per the directions on the "Working With Your Sources" halfsheet.  Ultimately, you are continuing to conduct research in order to develop a "focused knowledge" of your topic.  Think of it this way:
• Could you come up to the podium and talk intelligently about your topic for fifteen minutes without repeating yourself?
• working on narrowing your topic by zeroing in on the "right" inquiry question with the knowledge that the paper you will eventually write will be argumentative.  As such, you should be jotting down new questions as they occur to you.
• meeting with me and sharing your active/purposeful reading notes as well as answering my follow-up questions.

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 on Thursday, 2/27. 
--Complete another cycle of 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 on Thursday, 3/5. 
Writing/Class Preparation
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?  Do you find yourself coming any closer to an answer to this question?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

Class Preparation
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class block. 
You have up until Wednesday, 3/11 to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!
--BDF classes: Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)

English 10 Honors--2/24/2020

Jump Off
--Please take out your copy of the "Selecting a Potential Topic and Developing a 'Working Knowledge'" sheet that you got last class block as well as any notes that you gathered in preparation for sharing for 60 seconds today.  In a few minutes, I will model for you what taking the podium and sharing some of your "working knowledge" might look like.
--Please pick up a copy of the "Case Study on Developing a 'Working Knowledge': Theories of Dog Training" sheet from the front table.  We will quickly read through this sheet together in an attempt to clarify your purpose during the first part of today's class block when you continue conducting preliminary research.

S. the C.  
--agenda/HW
--share the protocol for today's public speaking activity:

• card drawn
• podium approached when name called
• speech delivered and timed (five-second countdown given)
• "60-Second Club--Entrance Criteria" slide shared
• 60-Second Club officially joined (or not :'( )

--Mr. Martin MODELS public speaking activity--tips shared (B, M, E; anecdotes; personal connections)

Preparing to Continue Researching -- Selecting a Potential Topic and Developing a "Working Knowledge"
--oral reading of the "Case Study..." sheet
--MODELING generating curious questions for struggling students via basic stems:

• Who are considered the experts on _____?
• What exactly is _____?
• What's "the deal" with _____?
• What do people argue about _____?
• Why is _____ important?
• How can I learn more about _____?

--create a "Compact for Work Time"

Research -- Developing a "Working Knowledge"--(At Least) One Additional Source
--MODEL directions below on the SMART Board
--Transition

• Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.

--"anchored in" to our "Compact for Work Time," conduct additional preliminary research in order to continue (finish?!) developing a "working knowledge" of your topic

• Jot down notes on the back of your "Selecting a Potential Topic and Developing a 'Working Knowledge'" sheet and/or in your notebook
• Tip: Keep track of your source(s) so that you can easily re-access any that might end up being used in your final research paper!
• Jot down any additional curious questions that come to you on the front of your sheet
• Reminder: Later today, you will take the podium and share your "working knowledge" with the class via a somewhat impromptu public speaking exercise!  Make sure that you are prepared accordingly, considering the following structure for organizing your content:
  • Share your topic
  • Share a question
  • Provide (an) answer(s)/information found via research
  • Share another question
  • Provide (an) answer(s)/information found via research
  • Etc.

*DURING THIS TIME, I WILL... 

• RETURN YOUR LOTF CHAPTER TWO QUIZZES FROM BEFORE BREAK SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A PEAK.
• MEET ONE-ON-ONE WITH STUDENTS AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AS PER THE ORDER ESTABLISHED ON THE FRONT BOARD.*

--If you finish before time is called, either complete a Membean training session or engage in free reading.

Activity -- 60-Second Club: Sharing "Working Knowledge"
--five more minutes for planning?
--pair/share (time each other)
--speeches delivered via volunteers and/or a drawing of cards

Before You Leave
--place your LotF quizzes back in the black basket on the front table
--return and plug in Chromebooks

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 on Thursday, 2/27. 
Writing/Class Preparation
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Purposefully (I daresay even closely) read CHAPTER THREE of Lord of Flies and expect an assessment and/or discussion next class block.

--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class block. 
You have up until Wednesday, 3/11 to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!

English 10--2/24/2020 & 2/25/2020

Jump Off
--Please pick up a copy of the "Library--Day 1" halfsheet from the front table.  We will read this sheet together before heading over to the library.  Following Mrs. Donohue's instruction at the library today, "anchor in" to our "Compact for Work Time" and attend to the directions on this halfsheet.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW

LIBRARY

• Seat yourselves at the computers via a drawing of cards
• Engage with instruction delivered by Mrs. Donohue
• Follow the directions on the halfsheet so that you can move toward developing a "focused knowledge"  
• A Note from Bruce Ballenger's The Curious Researcher:
• "If working knowledge equips you to sustain a 1-minute dinner conversation on your topic, then focused knowledge is enough for you to make a 15- or 20-minute presentation to the rest of the class.  You'll probably be able to answer all of your classmates' questions.  You'll hardly be an expert, but you'll probably know a lot more about your topic than any of your peers...Focused knowledge is the product of smart research this week and the next, refining your search terms, knowing where to look for the most useful information, and using your time efficiently...Most important, especially at this point, are these two questions:
1. Is this information relevant to my inquiry question?
2. Does it change my question?"

Before You Leave
--check in with me and share your progress (time permitting)

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 on Thursday, 2/27. 
Writing/Class Preparation
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What might you ARGUE with regard to your research topic?  Do you find yourself coming any closer to an answer to this question?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

Class Preparation
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class block. 
You have up until Wednesday, 3/11 to finish your book.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Do something great this calendar year!