Week of November 13-17, 2017

Post date: Nov 14, 2017 2:59:59 PM

Lesson Plan Key

"15 Free for Me!" Schedule

Mondays = Free Write

Tuesdays = Passion Project

Wednesdays = Free Read

Thursdays = Passion Project

Fridays = Vocab

Items in yellow = will be a grade book entry

Monday - November 13, 2017 - 3Green

Intro of "15 free for me!" schedule, rationales, etc.

Day 1: "15 Free for Me!" - free write

Independent, in-class, "supported struggle" work to do:

Activities

1.4;

1.5;

1.7 (yes, we're skipping 1.6 - unless you plan to go into Pre-Law, History, English, Secondary Education - English or History, etc.);

1.8;

1.9

My suggested order, in terms of the logical progression of these activities and your critical thinking needs:

a) deconstruct the prompt;

b) write a driving question that will drive both your annotating and your written response;

c) annotate; and

d) we will have a class discussion, followed directly by a drafting session for each written piece - which you will finish at home.

After all of the writing is done, we will have a Write, Revise, Repeat writing workshop on all five pieces, in small groups.

Tuesday November 14, 2017 - 2Black

(if you want to see the "white board" version of the "supported struggle" work to do, scroll up to Monday...)

1. intro of "15 free for me!" schedule, rationales, etc.
2. Day 1: passion project
3. Independent, in-class, "supported struggle" work to do:

Activities:

• 1.4;
• 1.5;
• 1.7 (yes, we're skipping 1.6 - unless you plan to go into Pre-Law, History, English, Secondary Education - English or History, etc.);
• 1.8;
• 1.9

My suggested order, in terms of the logical progression of these activities and your critical thinking needs:

a) deconstruct the prompt;

b) write a driving question that will drive both your annotating and your written response;

c) annotate; and

d) we will have a class discussion, followed directly by a drafting session for each written piece - which you will finish at home.

After all of the writing is done, we will have a Write, Revise, Repeat writing workshop on all five pieces, in small groups.

Wednesday November 15, 2017 - 3Green

1. 15 free for me! - Free Reading - chat with folks who will attend a 4-year college (or beyond) - I introduced the "Read and Succeed" classroom zone with book talks about titles that will help students' cultural literacy;
2. The Jelly Bean video, followed by the Jelly Bean QuickWrite: what will you do with your leftover jelly beans?
3. The "When I'm 49..." writing assignment, as preparation for the College and Career Fair;

Thursday November 16, 2017 - 2Black

1. 15 free for me! - Day 2 of your Passion Project - please make a Google Doc named Passion Project that answers the following questions:
   1. Do you know what the topic of your passion project will be?
   2. If not, what topics are you considering?
   3. If so, what have you done thus far, regarding research for your passion project? What are the search terms you've used? What resources have you read / watched?
2. The Jelly Bean video, followed by the Jelly Bean QuickWrite: what will you do with your leftover jelly beans? (We'll do this when I'm back)
3. The "When I'm 49..." writing assignment, as preparation for the College and Career Fair. Please write this, print it, and also pass it in via the Google Classroom assignment I've put up. UPDATE, as of 9:35am: assignment with all the particulars is on the Google Classroom.
4. Read through the listing of the colleges and organizations that will be at today's fair. Make a plan about which participants you'll try to visit - and why. We'll follow up on this, so keep your list and notes so I can see them, please. (The list of colleges and organizations is on the SMHS Organizational Documents page, linked in the footer of this web site)

“15 Free for Me!”: please work on finding Spicy Diction:

Take every piece of writing you've done thus far this year - anything you can find in Google Docs or in your writer's notebooks. Go on a search for times that you wish you had had a broader, deeper vocabulary because you didn't quite hit the mark with detail. Transfer the sentence to either a Google Doc or a piece of paper, and re-read it to see which spot includes the "pit of vagueness." Where is the spot where a stronger vocab could have helped you do your job for Constant Reader that much better?

This is the concept to dig into for spicier diction. Go online and find alternatives to this word. Instead of looking at a thesaurus, put in the search terms "diction and ______" (the blank being the word that you'd like to have more choices for...).

Good luck and just do your best!

Then, complete a Reflection on the College and Career Fair from yesterday:

1. 1. Who did you visit?
2. 2. What did you learn and/or confirm?
3. 3. What surprises were there (unexpected intrigue and/or disappointment)?
4. 4. Any reasonable expectations for the future?
5. If you were not here for the College and Career Fair, who would you have visited, etc.?

After you’re done with this work, please work on your Khan Academy Level Ups or your ABCs of the ABCD Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing Process that I explained the other day. (Look above for the directions...)