Jump Off
--Obtain your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom.
--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:
Assessment -- Vocabulary Quiz #2
--log in to Chromebook
--log in to Membean where today's quiz will deploy
--complete the quiz quietly and independently--good luck!
--When you finish, pick up a copy of the "Free Reading--Course Component Fulfillment Options for Marking Periods 1 and 2" sheet from the front table. Then, take out your book and engage in free reading until you receive further instructions.
DEAR -- Free Reading Book and/or Upfront Newsmagazine (flex time)
Transition
--Please pick up a copy of the "Literature Analysis Practice/NYS ELA Regents Preparation" document from the front table.
S. the C.
--list of students needing to revise for the Cumulative Writing Portfolio shared:
- Would anyone like to schedule a meeting for a time slot during my office hours (posted on the front board)?
--You should leave class today...
- with a better sense of what you might face when taking the NYS ELA Regents Examination in June of 2019
- understanding a test-taking strategy that you might consider implementing when taking the Regents (and other multiple choice assessments such as the ACT)
- with some literature analysis practice under your belt as we head in to our next unit of the course, which is geared around William Golding's literary work Lord of the Flies
--Reminder: The ROUGH End-of-"Unit" Writing Assignment Prompt:
Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two to three paragraphs. In your response, respond to the following question so as to reveal a theme statement (central idea) drawn from "The Masque of the Red Death": What seems to be Edgar Allan Poe's "thesis" about human nature/why people do what they do, say what they say, etc. as revealed in the story he tells? Then, analyze how Poe's use of characterization or symbolism (or...) helps develop his "thesis" about human nature. Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text to support your analysis, and be sure to tie back to your claim often.
--agenda/HW
Brain Break -- The Final Artifact Bag :(
Instruction/Discussion -- The NYS ELA Regents Examination, Test-taking, and Literature Analysis
--share (again?) last year's incentive plan for the NYS ELA Regents Examination
- Let's get a date on the calendar and send invitations out to current juniors!
--test-taking strategy modeled--"setting up" the passage for purposeful reading!
--brief discussion
- share mark ups/notes in order to draw conclusions with regard to each of the prompts--continue marking up the text and jotting down notes underneath each prompt
--Transition
- Pick up the corresponding multiple choice prompts from the front table.
--go through the prompt choices together with our conclusions in mind--do any obvious "matches" exist?
- draw logical conclusions together for prompts where our earlier conclusions do not match, too
--Closure
- What did you take away from the experience in which we just engaged that you can apply to the "Reading Comprehension" section of the NYS ELA Regents Examination?
Closure -- Ball Toss
--Take a look again at the list of "You should leave class with..." items. Then, in the form of no more than one specific sentence, show me and your peers that you are indeed "leaving with" something important from today's lesson.
--consider the following question:
- How might you change, improve, add to, etc. your current answer to the Essential Question based on today's discussion of Linda Hogan's excerpt from "We Are Many"?
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 11/29 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
Writing
--Review your notes for "The Masque…" in preparation for completing an in-class writing assignment next class block.
--The due date for submitting a revised Thematic Writing Assignment--Partner Interviews essay for the Cumulative Writing Portfolio is Wednesday, 12/12 (a little over two weeks from today)--YOU MUST schedule a meeting with me to go over your revisions; simply handing in the revisions is unacceptable as per the protocol. When time permits, meetings can/will occur during class time.
HW (Class Preparation)
--Aim to read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. Please consult the "Free Reading--Course Component Fulfillment Options for Marking Periods 1 and 2" sheet for specific information about next week's deadline. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
- Introducing "Take a Stand" Activity and ThinkCERCA/Article of the Week purpose, framework, etc.
- first Grammar Hammer
