5.12.14

1.  Launch
     1a.  When you are finished, read your Lit circle book
2.  AP Courses Questionnaire
     2a.  Framing: why are AP courses important?
3.  Finishing your powerpoints
     3a.  Task and articles
     3b.  If you finish early, you can get started on your homework (see below)
4.  Share presentations with group
5.  Exit ticket -- Submission Form (only ONE person per group!)


Homework due TOMORROW:
Read this article: "Beyond Scared Straight: Experts Alarmed by New Show and Impact on Kids"
Respond to the same questions that were asked of Allyn Gaestel's articles; devise your own sentence frames!

5.9.14

Objectives:

• We will be able to read expository texts from around the world, about gender-based violence.
• We will be able to synthesize the information into its most important points.
• We will be able to present a summary of the important points, visually (through a powerpoint) and orally (aloud to our group members).

Perusing the work of Allyn Gaestel, freelance journalist

1.  Launch
     1a.  When you are finished, read your Lit Circle book
2.  Gender-based Violence Review
     2a.  Definition, examples
     2b.  Four main aspects:  physical, sexual, psychological, economic
3.  Mini-project!
     3a.  Who is Allyn Gaestel?
     3b.  Task and articles
4.  Exit ticket

5.8.14

Objectives:
We will be able to identify our areas of growth and revision, in our Unit 4 Embedded Assessment 1 drafts.
We will be able to apply the sentence frames provided, to enhance our own writing.
We will be able to read and demonstrate understanding of our Lit Circle books.
We will be able to self-regulate and take ownership of our learning process.
We will be able to have productive conversations with Ms. Barrett!

Ms. Barrett's puppy, Lola!!!

1.  Launch
2.  Conversations with Ms. Barrett!
     2a.  Questionnaire
3.  Writing Conferences with Ms. G
     3a.  Exemplar with sentence frames
     3b.  While you are waiting for your conference, you may either: 1) read your Lit Circle book or 2) attempt to revise your work, based on the reteach exemplar
4.  Exit ticket -- U4 EA1 Resubmission Form

5.7.14

Objectives:
We will be able to identify our areas of growth and revision, in our Unit 4 Embedded Assessment 1 drafts.  We will be able to apply the sentence frames provided, to enhance our own writing.
We will be able to read and demonstrate understanding of our Lit Circle books.
We will be able to self-regulate and take ownership of our learning process.

1.  Launch
     1a.  When you are finished, read your Lit Circle book
2.  Taking a look at the reteach: how can we revise our own work?
     2a.  Exemplar with sentence frames
3.  Writing Conferences with Ms. G
     3a.  While you are waiting for your conference, you may either: 1) read your Lit Circle book or 2) attempt to revise your work, based on the reteach exemplar
     3b.  Unit 4 EA1 Submission Form
4.  Exit ticket

5.5.14

1.  Launch
     1a.  When you are finished, read your Lit Circle Book
2.  Spotlight on Gender-Based Violence
    2a.  Vocabulary: gender
3.  Bring Back Our Girls by Nicholas Kristof
4.  Lit Circle Discussions
5.  Exit ticket -- on paper

5.2.14

Objectives:
We will be able to understand what a deadline is, and not make Ms. G cry.

1.  Launch
2.  Review of Millennium Development Goals
     2a.  Whole-class discussion
     2b.  Student notes
     2c.  Respond (using sentence frame) to short answer question for Journal Entry
3.  Submission of Unit 4 Embedded Assessment 1
    3a.  Vocabulary word:  Deadline
    3b.  Submission Form
4.  Watch video on gender-based violence
5.  Exit ticket

5.1.14

Objective:
I can deepen my understanding of global poverty, by perusing and responding to terminology and literary accounts.  I can support my assertions with textual evidence.

I can make inferences, evaluate evidence and conclusions, detect underlying assumptions, and see relationships around a theme of injustice.

Interested in finding out more?
Check out http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

1.  Launch -- Human Rights Quickwrite
    1a.  When you are finished, read your Lit Circle book (25 minutes)
2.  Millenium Development Goals
     2a.  Response Log
3.  Apply the MDGs to your Lit Circle book, in your Lit Circle Journal Entry #3 (DUE TOMORROW)
4.  Exit ticket

Want to see Ms. G's college essay?!!