Jump Off (20-25 mins.)
--Please form a circle out of the desks so that we can pass the talking piece and discuss this morning's announcements.
S. the C. (25-30 mins.)
--view the following TED Talk:
--share the list below:
Block 1 ACE--Source Annotation #1
Transition (15-18 mins.)
--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom. After logging in, log in to Membean and set up and complete a 15-minute training session. Once you finish training, return and plug in your Chromebook and wait for further instructions.
Brief Introduction -- Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist (3-5 mins.)
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--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, 3/19. This is the first take-home assessment of Marking Period 5!
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:--Please form a circle out of the desks so that we can pass the talking piece and discuss this morning's announcements.
S. the C. (25-30 mins.)
--view the following TED Talk:
--share the list below:
Block 1 ACE--Source Annotation #1
- I Need
- Kyle L.
- Faith M.--must join "Inbox" in NoodleTools
Transition (15-18 mins.)
--Please obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom. After logging in, log in to Membean and set up and complete a 15-minute training session. Once you finish training, return and plug in your Chromebook and wait for further instructions.
Brief Introduction -- Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist (3-5 mins.)
--view the following YouTube clip:
Transition (2-3 mins.)
--Please pick up the following from the front of the classroom:
--brief overview of Coelho's "Four Obstacles" Philosophy
--Please pick up the following from the front of the classroom:
- a copy of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. Write your name and book number on the sheet of paper near the books.
- On the inside cover of your copy of The Alchemist, write the following:
- your first and last name--Mr. Martin--2019-2020
- REMIND STUDENTS AGAIN NEXT CLASS TO DO THIS!
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--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, 3/19. This is the first take-home assessment of Marking Period 5!
Writing/Class Preparation
- 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?"?
--If you have already signed out a memoir, aim to read at least 10 pages of it between now and next class block. ALWAYS BRING YOUR MEMOIR TO CLASS!
--If you have not yet signed out a memoir, be thinking about the following question: Whose life/what "type" of life would you like to read about during the last 12 weeks of the school year?
"I've always liked the idea of memoirs, going
into someone else's life, going through someone
else's day and getting out of your own head"
(American author and former actress Isabelle Gillies).
--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal. Do something great this calendar year!
--Enjoy the long weekend--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)
--Enjoy the long weekend--you truly only get so many of 'em! :)
