--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.
S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--S.M.A.R.T. Goal index cards read aloud
--share the lists below:
Block 2 BDF--Source Annotation #1
- I Need
- None--THANKS! :)
--agenda/HW
Transition (2-3 mins.)
--Please open your notebook and date the page (3/13/2020 [ACE] or 3/17/2020 [BDF]). Label this section of your notes "Introduction to Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist".
--Miss Farmer, the teacher in the film clip that we are about to view, seems to have planned her lesson in response to the following question that we have been exploring together: Why do people do what they do, say what they say, etc.? As you view the clip, pay attention to any thoughts that you have. The following prompts/questions should help:
- Summarize the life philosophy/depiction of human nature that Miss Farmer seems to be trying to convey. To what extent do you agree or disagree with her "life line"?
- What seems to be Miss Farmer's "why?"?
- What seems to be Cherita's "why?"?
- What seems to be Donnie's "why?"?
- What specific "things" would you add to Donnie's list ("the whole spectrum of human emotion") in order to present a clearer life philosophy/depiction of human nature?
- What is your "why?"?
--view the film clip
--discuss the film clip in groups of three via a drawing of cards
--discuss the film clip as a whole class via a drawing of cards
Transition
--Please pick up the following from the front of the classroom:
--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!
- a copy of the "The Alchemist Novella Unit--Paulo Coelho's 'Four Obstacles' Philosophy" sheet. Purposefully read the directions.
Purposeful Reading/Discussion/Closure -- Paulo Coelho's "Four Obstacles" Philosophy (flex time)
--work time (independent reading? oral reading?)
--engage in a share-out/discussion by completing the notes template on the SMART Board and connecting Coelho's ideas to the film clip from earlier in the block
--work time (independent reading? oral reading?)
--engage in a share-out/discussion by completing the notes template on the SMART Board and connecting Coelho's ideas to the film clip from earlier in the block
- What is your "why?"?
--begin "gist reading" the novella together?
Class Preparation
--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?
Miscellaneous
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Please continue thinking about the following questions:
--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!
HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)
--If we do not finish before the end of today's class block, complete the "The Alchemist Novella Unit--Paulo Coelho's 'Four Obstacles' Philosophy" sheet. I reserve the right to collect and assess the quality of your work at the beginning of next class block.
Writing/Class Preparation
HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)
--If we do not finish before the end of today's class block, complete the "The Alchemist Novella Unit--Paulo Coelho's 'Four Obstacles' Philosophy" sheet. I reserve the right to collect and assess the quality of your work at the beginning of next class block.
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!
