10.31.13

Happy Halloween!!

You may be tiny now, but with a growth mindset, you can have a big roar!


1.  Launch -- pair-share your homework
2.  Activating Prior Knowledge -- How did it end?
3.  Presentation: Coming up with a thesis, and subclaims
4.  Practice
5.  Exit Ticket: Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis quiz

10.30.13

Objectives:
We will be able to...

• write a literary analyze essay that identifies both the external and internal conflicts of the main character
• interpret characterization of the conflict
• analyze how the conflict relates to a universal theme

1.  Launch -- Comprehension Quiz
2.  Activating Prior Knowledge -- whip around (reviewing quiz)
3.  Modeling Reading Log
4.  Finish story
5.  Exit ticket

10.29.13

1.  Launch

2.  Review instructions for Reading Journal

3.  Read and annotate "Rubiaux Rising" (hard copy)

4.  Exit ticket

Homework:

Three entries into Reading Journal 

10.28.13

1.  Launch
   1a.  Reflect on what you wrote for EA2.  What learning targets have we mastered?  What are our areas of growth?
   1b.  When you're finished, check out the Internal Conflict Exemplar.  You will be able to achieve this level of mastery too, with more practice!

2.  Vocabulary for the week

3.  Web quest -- Building Background Knowledge for our short story
   3a.  Hurricane Katrina (start here)
   3b.  PTSD and Veterans
   3c.  drug withdrawal, particularly from opiates
   3d.  PTSD symptoms in general
 
4.  Exit Ticket

10.23.13

1.  Launch

2.  Presentation:
   2a.  Introduction and Conclusion cheat sheet
   2b.  Exemplar -- remember, this would be graded as Proficient (not Advanced)

3.  Practice:
   3a.  U2 EA1 Scaffold (with sentence frames)

4.  Submit essays here.

10.22.13

1.  Launch

2.  Presentation:
    2a.  What is theme?
    2b.  Updated outline with sentence frames

3.  Practice:
   3a.  Practice with theme exemplars and non-exemplars
   3b.  Second body paragraph

4.  Exit ticket

10.21.13

Objective:

I can write a narrative using real experiences, using effective rhetorical devices, and well-structured event sequences.

1.  Launch:
    1a.  What's your character? Response Form
    1b.  List of 24 character traits


2.  Presentation:
   2a.  Unit 1 Conflict Assignment
   2b.  What is conflict?  Character? Theme?
   2c.   What does it mean to walk through the fire?  Buzz about conflicts we have faced, challenges we have overcome.
   2d.  Recall Ms. G's examples.  Consider what are the things that you desire out of life, and what gets in your way?

3.  Practice:
   3a.  Q2 EA1 Scaffold
   3b.  Directions:  Using your homework from the weekend, identify the conflict about which you will write.
   3c.  If you are struggling to think of something, answer the question:  "What is a defining moment that has made me the young wo/man I am today?  If this event hadn't happened, I wouldn't be me."

4.  Create a Google Doc
   4a.  Title it Q2 EA1 First Lastname
   4b.  Start composing your first body paragraph.  Describe the event in as much detail as possible.
   4c.  Answer who, what, when, where, why
   4d.  Then, move on to the response, why does it matter?

Exit Ticket: Accountability for work time

10.11.13

1.  Launch:
    1a.  Malala responds to the men who tried to kill her
    1b.  Response Form
2.  Ms. G goes first!
    2a.  Setting a tone of respect -- this is a safe space to share
    2b.  Ms. G models procedure of sharing and giving warm/cool feedback
    2c.  Exemplar
3.  Split into groups:
    3a.  Period 1
    3b.  Period 2
    3c.  Period 5
4.  Exit Ticket: Reflection Sheet

10.10.13

1.  Launch - Quickwrite

2.  Revise final draft of Embedded Assessment 2 (due FRIDAY)

   2a.  Make sure it is in one document, titled FIRST LASTName EA2

   2b.  Example:  Sarah Gzesh EA2
3.  Writing Workshop 2
   3a.  Use this scaffolded worksheet to help you SOAPSTone your own piece. 

   3b.  Check out this rubric to self-assess.

3.  Practice your presentation voices...you're in the limelight tomorrow!

10.9.13

1.  Launch:  Quickwrite
2.  Review for Exam
    2a.  Study Guide for Unit 1 Exam
    2b.  Vocabulary terms review -- reference Springboard
3.  Behind Grandma's House
    3a.  Multiple Choice
    3b.  Short Answer
4.  Exit Ticket: How'd I do?

10.8.13

1.  Launch -- What Every Teacher Should See
2.  Announcements
    2a. Your EA2 is due TOMORROW!
    2b. dance club moved from Fridays to Wednesdays (tomorrow)
3.  Peer Review (paper copies provided):  For feedback to be useful, it must be specific.  Use the provided sentences frames to give both warm and cool feedback to your elbow partner.
    3a.  Round 1
    3b.  Round 2
*Reminder! You are being held accountable both for the feedback you provide, and incorporating what you receive.
4.  Work Time and Conferences with Ms. G

Homework:

Start working on your Study Guide for Unit Test 1.  Your test is on Friday, so you have several days to see me for questions.  Budget your time accordingly.

10.2.13

1. Launch: "Mike Check" by Suheir Hammad

2. Review expectations for EA2:

2a. Pick two genres (short story, rap, song, letter, journal entry, poem)

2b. Pick either one or two topics from the EA2 Prompt List

2c. Pick a poet whose message you liked, and apply that to your own life

2d. And/or borrow sentence structure but plug in your own ideas

2e. And/or borrow occasion and apply that to your own life.

3. Work time

3a. Type your drafts
3b. Share them with Ms. G (blue button, upper lefthand corner)
3c. Am I on the right track? Get feedback!

4. Student Exemplar

5. Optional Writing Clinic -- Whole Class

5a. Student volunteers piece to revise together

6. Exit Ticket -- Process Check

"Remember, EA2 is a quote, not a summary!"

10.1.13

1.  Launch: Speaking Voice Exemplars
     1a. Thick Chicks
     1b.  Brown Dreams

2.  Review of Voice -- On Turning Ten

3.  EA2 Writing Prompts -- Not comprehensive, but a scaffold for struggling students

4.  Start Drafting second submission
    4a.  Conferences with peers/Ms. G for questions/comments/queries

5.  Exit Ticket