Friday November 20, 2015: 2Black
- Clean up, making sure we know how to use the SOAPSTone strategy - used with the Studs Terkel interview of UFW activist Robert Acuna (with support), then independently on the William Zinsser article The Right to Fail.
Homework:
- Pre-test on the following terms: hypothesis, hypothesize, synthesis, synthesize, defend, challenge, qualify (this includes a flipped lesson, just in case you missed the class in which we went over these or you need to refresh yourself on them).
- quickwrite answering EA2’s central question
- figure out from your quick write if you are a defender, challenger, or qualifier of the America's continued provision of access to The American Dream.
- research for “golden nuggets” of textual evidence to use in your argument essay - I have thirteen pre-screened resources HERE
On Tuesday, we'll do research and draft our Embedded Assessments. At the end of class, I will conduct an Academic Initiative check to see how much progress has happened for: the quickwrite and beginning research. You will have seventy minutes of class time to start on this Embedded Assessment, so there should be obvious progress and the beginning of substantial research. More than just light notes....
It would be great if you could do some pre-research before you arrive on Tuesday.
Thursday November 19, 2015: 2Green & 4Green
- MUGS #4: don't forget to keep track of all of these, including notes on anything you missed or didn't understand - open book test before mid-terms!
- Pre-test on the following terms: hypothesis, hypothesize, synthesis, synthesize, defend, challenge, qualify (this includes a flipped lesson, just in case you missed the class in which we went over these or you need to refresh yourself on them).
- conducted the following
- quickwrite answering EA2’s central question
- figure out from your quick write if you are a defender, challenger, or qualifier of the America's continued provision of access to The American Dream.
- research for “golden nuggets” of textual evidence to use in your argument essay
- Lastly, I conducted an Academic Initiative check to see how much progress had happened for: the quickwrite and beginning research. Students had twenty minutes of class time to start on this Embedded Assessment, so there should have been obvious progress and the beginning of substantial research. More than just light notes....
Homework: come in having reviewed 9-15 resources, including the "golden nuggets" that you've found
Wednesday November 18, 2015: 2Black
A bit of study time for Unit 1's Literary Terms and Academic Vocab
https://quizlet.com/47486629/english-11-unit-1-the-american-dream-flash-cards/
Looking at 1.16 and 1.17 in prep for EA2.
have more structured research time for EA2, as well as drafting time.
I will be have a substitute on Monday and Tuesday, November 16 and 17.
2Black, 2Green, and 4Green's lesson plan
Your entire class period will be used for researching resources for Embedded Assessment #2: Synthesizing the American Dream (here are some resources for this essay that I put together last year)
I have given the substitute copies of both the empty SOAPSTone template and the one with the driving questions for each section.
A big, blown-up photo of this assessment's central question
>> from 2Green: D.W. - please make sure you'll have your print-outs, as well as writing utensils for marking up your research materials