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! :)