Syllabus for Indiv. 9/10 Quote: "April vacation is like a really hot bath. By the time you get around to enjoying it, it's time to get out." Cody Stratton Monday, April 10: hi! First class prompt (five sentences or five minutes): What do you like to do on a really rainy, nasty Sunday afternoon? Work on reading for pleasure OR academic reading (KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR two vocab words: useful but new). . . . then: thesis work! Let's get those intro paragraphs smoothed out (most are pretty good) and double check the outline: do your topic sentences make sense if you read JUST THEM? Do you use transition words like "First," or "Another. . ." as you move from paragraph to paragraph? Once you're done with double-checking, you need to start working on the discussion of your quotations. Explain what you want your reader to see in the quotation. Be sure you write as much as the quotation/passage is long! If we have time, let's start reading "The Lottery" OR "The Tell-Tale Heart" Tuesday, April 11 GRAMMAR DOL. Hmmmm. Let's decide. Read for pleasure or academic reading: check out the end of this article for some good ideas about technology and reading. Work on the discussion part of the paper: check out the model from the keynote at left, or "Model Thesis Papers" to see what you're shooting for. Continue shared/academic reading if time. Wednesday, April 12 Firstclass Prompt: Five sentences or five minutes. --What is a skill that you wish you had but that you (currently) don't? Why do you wish you had it? Reading for a bit! Be conscious of your approach. What are you struggling with? What's easy for you? Any vocab? Writing: let's get those paragraphs smoothed out. Complete graded drafts are due on FRIDAY. Shared reading? Thursday, April 13 DOL! Reading/vocab from reading: two words on the vocab sheets due by Friday (quiz on the Friday when we get back) Back to working on the thesis. USE THE MODELS TO COMPARE AND ASK ME FOR HELP AS NEEDED! Shared reading for last 5 or 10 minutes? Friday, April 14--WE MADE IT! Reflection: what goals and standards you worked on this week. Finish up papers, OR share out if they're done (check list) Reading. . . maybe finish "Heart" or "Lottery", depending on what we chose. HAVE A GREAT BREAK! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND GET RESTED UP! ************************************************************************************* Quote: "I never let my schooling interfere with my education." M. Twain --Monday, April 2 - Friday, April 6 Monday, April 2: Hi, all! A little more lock step today. We're going to use the overhead and work through organizing your thesis papers. Jamin, Mairi, and Brittany all have good starts; Eleanor has some good ideas. So: let's work on getting those outlines filled out. To start, though: firstclass prompt: What's a problem you wish you could solve? It can be a world or a personal problem. You can be as light-hearted or as serious as you wish. 5 sentences or 5 minutes. Email to me--counts as points! Then: let's get that thesis outline going. Goal is a completed outline by Wed., end of the quarter. That will count for 50 points! Tuesday, April 3: DOL (get ready to turn in the copies I gave you!) Then: more work on the outline. Filled out outline due for Wed, 50 pts. Wed. April 4: I BELIEVE: A short day, so we start early (aHEM!) and you get out early. End of quarter 3. Kill off that thesis outline! Print out or just hand in to me! Thursday, April 5: Hi! Goal setting. . . DOL AND first-class prompt. . . What would you like to be recognized for? Write up paragraphs for paper. Friday, April 6: Finish up written part of paper (I sincerely hope). . . Hand in to me. Choice reading book from the library? Happy Easter. ************************************** Quote: “It is a bond among people to have read the same book.” Emerson --Monday. March 26--last week of March! Firstclass prompt: to me (rleamon@mdirss.org): five sentences or five minutes: What did you think of the movie? If you didn't go, what did you think of the book? EDIT FOR GRAMMAR. :) Vocab work--review Movie responses? Character listing/brainstorm work over what it takes to survive h/w: get started on the outline! --Tuesday, March 27--Advisory Day DOL (sorry, I forgot those for a bit!) Outline work Vocab sentence practice (quiz on Friday) h/w: thesis statement and intro paragraph --Wed. March 28--Regular Day Firstclass prompt (to me; 5 sentences or five minutes): What's your favorite meal? Where, when, and with whom? Complete and share thesis statements and intros, then on to body paragraphs! h/w: topic sentence #1, body paragraph #1 --Thursday, March 29--Advisory Day DOL Finish other body paragraphs Conclusion: what does the book leave you with for a big “aha” about life? Can you tie that to your topic? Review vocab once more. . . h/w: study for vocab; have completed body paragraphs ready to go --Friday, March 30 Vocab quiz! And: let’s write the conclusion and give me the whole draft to edit over the weekend! |