Sunday, January 26, 2014

Quarter 3, Week 4 of 10

Senior Project product-grading begins Tuesday! Bring copious amounts of evidence!
Monday, January 27
Classwork
Learning Objective: L.11-12.6, acquire and use accurately new academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
  1. Do Now: Vocabulary Unit 9, Quiz B
  2. After: In-Class Essay #3: In a multi-paragraph essay, write about a specific time in your life where you felt that you had no control over the events that were happening.  How did you deal with it?  Were you successful in overcoming the anxiety that comes with uncertainty? Use specific detail to support your ideas.
  3. Then: Self-score using the Smarter Balanced Assessment Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric
  4. Next: Score Quiz
Target Practice: I can use new words in phrases effectively to enhance my writing.  +/0/-

Homework
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 28 and 29
Classwork
Learning Objective: RL.11-12.3, Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
  1. Do Now: Copy the learning objective and target practice.  Then, setup your journal with the three-tiered graphic organizer, label it for Act I, Sc. iii and begin completing (use green textbook starting on p. 326)
  2. After: Read/Watch Act I, Scs. iv-vii. Complete at least two graphic organizers for each scene (one should be for the end couplet in each scene).
  3. Then/During: Review analyses in pairs or groups for accuracy.
  4. Next: Share learning from graphic organizer in large group setting
Target Practice: I can read/listen/watch Shakespeare's writing and show my understanding through analyzing with a graphic organizer. +/0/-

Homework
Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31
Classwork
Learning Objective: RL.11-12.3, Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
  1. Do Now: Copy the learning objective and target practice.  Then, setup your journal with the three-tiered graphic organizer (p.321), label it for Act I, Sc. iii and begin completing (use green textbook starting on p. 326)
  2. After: Read/Watch Act II. Complete at least two graphic organizers for each scene (one should be for the end couplet in each scene).
  3. Then/During: Review analyses in pairs or groups for accuracy.
  4. Next: Share learning from graphic organizer in large group setting
Target Practice: I can read/listen/watch Shakespeare's writing and show my understanding through analyzing with a graphic organizer. +/0/-

Homework